issue 11 publication date 2017-11-01

• Public Spending on Health Service and Policy Research in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Modest Proposal
• Informal Patient Payments and Bought and Brought Goods in the Western Balkans – A Scoping Review
• Contextualizing Obesity and Diabetes Policy: Exploring a Nested Statistical and Constructivist Approach at the Cross-National and Subnational Government Level in the United States and Brazil
• Lost in Translation: Piloting a Novel Framework to Assess the Challenges in Translating Scientific Uncertainty From Empirical Findings to WHO Policy Statements
• Bringing Value-Based Perspectives to Care: Including Patient and Family Members in Decision-Making Processes
• “Enemies of the People?” Public Health in the Era of Populist Politics; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy”
• “Stop, You’re Killing us!” An Alternative Take on Populism and Public Health; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy”
• Passed the Age of Puberty: Organizational Networks as a Way to Get Things Done in the Health Field; Comment on “Evaluating Global Health Partnerships: A Case Study of a Gavi HPV Vaccine Application Process in Uganda”
• Define and Conquer: How Semantics Foster Progress; A Response to Recent Commentaries
• Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition