Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

since vehicle collision coverage, unlike what it seems, is not very profitable for insurance companies and is moving towards making losses, this paper considered the adequacy of measures and rates used by insurance companies, and intended to optimize the methods by employing more scientific approaches. in order to do so, first, the factors affecting the risk of policy holders were identified an...

because of the complex and variable environment of media organization, its need a road map to help them to manage this environment and respond effectively to sudden changes in front of that. policy making in media organization can play an important role in this regard. in this study has been studied the policy-making process in the islamic republic of iran broadcasting (irib) and damages of thi...

Background and Objectives: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a well-established model to alleviate the risk of investment in health domain. While the model is widely applied in the developed countries, the adoption of the model in many developing countries is hampered partly by the lack of knowledge on dimensions and requirements of its local implementation. The present study...

the main purpose followed in this study was to identify and analyze the mechanisms of nanotechnology development in iranian agricultural sector. the research method was an analytical- explanatory one. the statistical population of the study consisted of researchers of national agricultural research institutions/ centers (n= 170). according to morgan& krejcie table, 120 persons were selected thr...