This is the first national study of public and patient research priorities in osteoporosis and fracture. We have identified new research areas of importance to members of the public, particularly 'access to information from health professionals'. The findings are being incorporated into the research strategy of the National Osteoporosis Society. PURPOSE This study aimed to prioritise, with pa...

background: development of a manual or well‑defined criterion for prioritizing the topics of clinical practice guidelines (cpgs) will help validate and organize this process evermore. this study was conducted to design an applicable manual that would prioritize the cpg topics for family physicians. methods: this study was a multi‑stage method using a qualitative approach that was conducted for ...

BACKGROUND The vision of Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research is that patients be actively engaged as partners in health research. Support units have been created across Canada to build capacity in patient-oriented research and facilitate its conduct. This study aimed to explore patients' health research priorities in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). METHODS Eight to...

INTRODUCTION Orthopaedic oncology researchers face several obstacles in the design and execution of randomised controlled trials, including finite fiscal resources to support the rising costs of clinical research and insufficient patient volume at individual sites. As a result, high-quality research to guide clinical practice has lagged behind other surgical subspecialties. A focused approach i...

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Nuffield Trust for giving us the opportunity to undertake this research work, with particular thanks to the Efficiency research programme steering group for their expert advice and guidance, and the reviewers for their very helpful and detailed comments. We would also like to thank those who helped develop and pilot the electronic survey. Finally, we ...

In Switzerland, the federal authorities, the cantons, and the communes share the responsibility of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion policies. Yet, the cantons are in most health matters independent in their decisions, thus defining as a matter of fact their own health priorities. We examined and analysed the content of the disease prevention and health promotion plans elabora...

In Nigeria the current prevalence of HIV is 4.1% with over 3.5 million infected and estimated 1.5 million in need of anti-retroviral treatment. Epidemiological and implementation studies are necessary for monitoring and evaluation of interventions. To define research areas which can be addressed by participants of the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Training Programme (NFELTP) a workshop was hel...