ICS Research Prioritisation Exercise 2008

Prioritisation of infectious diseases in public health: feedback on the prioritisation methodology, 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2009.

In 2004, the German public health institute, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), prioritised pathogens by public health criteria and presented the methodology and findings. In order to further improve the methodology, the RKI invited experts to give feedback on this via a structured web-based questionnaire. The survey was completed by 72 participants during 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2009. Priorit...

Tacitly developed research methods in ICS

Methodology is the study of research methods. This study tests three different methodological approaches to the same material, 93 doctoral theses from NTNU, to learn more about (a) the research methods actually in use in ICS and (b) each methodological approach’s ability to shed light on (a). First, a KWIC analysis of “research method” is done. Despite being both primitive and time consuming, t...

Quality improvement of community pharmacy services: a prioritisation exercise

OBJECTIVES Effective strategies are needed to translate knowledge (evidence) into practice to improve the quality of community pharmacy services. We report the first step of a novel knowledge translation process which involved the systematic identification and prioritisation of community pharmacy services in Scotland which were perceived to require improvement and/or guideline development. ME...

Mindfulness Research Update: 2008.

OBJECTIVE: To briefly review the effects of mindfulness on the mind, the brain, the body, and behavior. METHODS: Selective review of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar databases (2003-2008) using the terms "mindfulness", "meditation", "mental health", "physical health", "quality of life", and "stress reduction." A total of 52 exemplars of empirical and theoretical work were selected for revi...

Letter to the editor: Prioritisation of infectious diseases in public health: feedback on the prioritisation methodology, 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2009.