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Obesity and Lifestyle Drift: Framing Analysis of Calorie Menu Labelling in England in News Media
Background  Successive government public health strategies in England have described structural influences of diet-related...
Learning Care Pathways Framework: A New Method to Implement, Learn, Replicate, and Scale up Care Pathways for and With the Patient
Background  Although care pathways are a response to the calls for a major change in health system redesign initiatives, v...
”It’s Feeding the Beast”: Lessons for Governance of Public Health Surveillance and Response From an Australian Case Study Analysis
Background  Public health is a core governmental responsibility, with ministries or departments of health responsible for ...
Bottlenecks Analysis in the Intervention of Improving Maternal Health in Rural Areas of Tanzania: A Convergent Mixed-Method Approach
Background  Achieving universal health coverage for maternal health (MH) requires a health system that ensures the availab...
Does the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme Provincial Pooling Policy Improve Health Equity Among Older Adults? --Evidence From China Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey Data
Background  As global aging increases, health inequalities are becoming more prominent. The purpose of this study is to ex...
The Impact Mechanism of Government Regulation on the Operation of Smart Health Senior Care Service Platform: A Perspective From Evolutionary Game Theory
Background  Smart health and senior care services have developed rapidly to cater to the aging society, but the correspond...
Who Is Most Likely to Experience Corruption When Seeking Health Care in Nigerian Healthcare Facilities?
Background  Experiencing corruption when seeking health services remains a significant problem in Nigeria. An effective re...
Routes of Well-Being, Spiritual Harmony and Recovery in Mental Health: The Community as a Policy-Maker
Background  The participatory approach in policy construction is a historical debt to communities. An example of the above...
Selecting Cost-Effectiveness Methods for Health Benefits Package Design: A Systematic Approach
Background  Cost-effectiveness (CE) is a common prioritization criterion in health benefits package (HBP) design. However,...
What Policies Do Local Governments Use to Promote Physical Activity? A Comparative Analysis of Municipalities From 4 EU Countries and Japan
Background  As public policies have the potential to change the entire system of physical activity (PA) promotion and to c...
Barriers and Facilitators to the Development and Implementation of Public Policies Addressing Food Systems in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries and Five of Their Cities
Background  There is increasing recognition of the role governments play in addressing the health and environmental sustai...
Ambition With Uncertainty: Exploring Policy-Makers’ Perspectives on Pathways to Net Zero Healthcare
Background  Over 80 countries have now signed up to the COP26 Health Programme—a World Health Organization (WHO)-led initi...
A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment of Pharmacoeconomic Publications for China Compared to Internationally: Is the Quality of Evidence-base Sufficient for Health Technology Assessment?
Background  To summarize the quality of pharmacoeconomic publications for China compared to internationally and to identif...
New Ways of Working to Manage and Improve Quality in Integrated Care Systems in England
Background  Integrated care systems (ICSs) in England were formally established in July 2022 to coordinate the planning an...
Scholarly Publications and Opinions Through 366-Day War on Gaza (2023- 2024): A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Background  The 2023-2024 Gaza Genocide has generated notable scholarly discourse, influenced by various historical, polit...
Determinants of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Well-Being in Canada: Evidence From the Nova Scotia Quality of Life Survey
There are relatively few studies that have measured and explained socioeconomic inequalities in the well-being of populati...
Involving Service Users in Care Regulation: A Scoping Review of Empirical Literature
Background  Ensuring the quality and safety of service delivery extends beyond the realm of health and care professionals,...
Governance of Public-Private Partnerships for Primary Healthcare in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries, 2000-2023: A Systematic Review
Background  Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector are established to achieve health outcomes by maximisi...
The United States Withdrawal From the World Health Organization: Implications and Challenges
President Trump’s 2025 decision to remove the United States (US) from the World Health Organization (WHO), echoing his ini...
Health Benefit Package Revision Is an Art as Much as a Science – Lessons Learned on the Organization of the Appraisal Phase
Many low- and middle-income countries are designing or revising their health benefit packages (HBPs), with appraisal—prior...
The Use of Evidence to Design an Essential Package of Health Services in Pakistan: A Review and Analysis of Prioritisation Decisions at Different Stages of the Appraisal Process
Background  Pakistan embarked on a process of designing an essential package of health services (EPHS) as a pathway toward...
Reflections on the Health System Impact Fellowship and the Future of Embedded Research; Comment on “Early Career Outcomes of Embedded Research Fellows: An Analysis of the Health System Impact Fellowship Program”
The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship program in Canada offers a transformative approach to health services and policy...
Construct Clarity in Physician-Hospital Alignment: The Need for Precision in Definition, Measurement, and Management; Comment on “Alignment in the Hospital-Physician Relationship: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study of Medical Specialist Enterprises in the Netherlands”
The study by Ubels and van Raaij highlights the importance of alignment in hospital-physician relationships and the challe...
Building Trust and Trustworthiness in Public Institutions: Essential Elements in Placing Trust at the Heart of Health Policy and Systems; Comment on “Placing Trust at the Heart of Health Policy and Systems”
In this commentary, I argue that societies are facing major crises in trust that extends well beyond health systems, outli...
How Could We Establish Monitoring and Surveillance of Health-Harming Corporations and Can Governments Be Trusted to Do It?; Comment on “National Public Health Surveillance of Corporations in Key Unhealthy Commodity Industries – A Scoping Review and Framework Synthesis”
In the context of growing interest in the commercial determinants of health (CDOH) which has been defined as “the systems,...
Countering Coloniality in Global Health; Comment on “The Rhetoric of Decolonizing Global Health Fails to Address the Reality of Settler Colonialism: Gaza as a Case in Point”
This commentary joins the chorus of rightful critiques of global health as it continues to further colonial agendas under ...
To What Extent Can Digital Health Technologies Comply With the Principles of Responsible Innovation? Practice- and Policy-Oriented Research Insights Regarding an Organisational and Systemic Issue
Background Digital health technologies (DHTs) have expanded exponentially since the COVID-19 crisis and have prompted ques...
Understanding the Politics of Food Regulation and Public Health: An Analysis of Codex Standard-Setting Processes on Food Labelling
Background  The importance of the international food regulatory system to global health, is often overlooked. There are ca...
An Exploration of the Utility and Impacts of Implementation Science Strategies by Cancer Registries for Healthcare Improvement: A Systematic Review
Background  Cancer data registries are central elements of cancer control programs providing critical insights in measures...
Lobbying in the Sunlight: A Scoping Review of Frameworks to Measure the Accessibility of Lobbying Disclosures
Background  While anyone can lobby governments, most lobbying is driven by commercial interests. Due to limited government...
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