Knowledge for better health

World Report on Knowledge for Better Health Outline of Contents

Knowledge for better health: a conceptual framework and foundation for health research systems.

Health research generates knowledge that can be utilized to improve health system performance and, ultimately, health and health equity. We propose a conceptual framework for health research systems (HRSs) that defines their boundaries, components, goals, and functions. The framework adopts a systems perspective towards HRSs and serves as a foundation for constructing a practical approach to de...

Access to health information: a key for better health in the knowledge society.

OBJECTIVES to illustrate how access to health information is a key determinant to the strengthening of health and healthcare systems, and highlight related current challenges of the evolving knowledge society. METHODS reflections on some of the dimensions of access to health information, with a focus on current evolutions of the World-Wide-Web, unresolved issues and research perspectives. C...

pragmatic knowledge in university entrance exam for english majors

abstract pragmatics is the study of communicative action in its sociocultural context. communicative action includes not only using speech acts (such as apologizing, complaining, complimenting, and requesting), but also engaging in different types of discourse and participating in speech events of varying length and complexity. the present study aimed to investigate the assessment of pragm...

Challenges for Better thesis supervision

  Background: Conduction of thesis by the students is one of their major academic activities. Thesis quality and acquired experiences are highly dependent on the supervision. Our study is aimed at identifing the challenges in thesis supervision from both students and faculty members point of view.   Methods : This study was conducted using individual in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussi...