Editorial
Yes, research can inform health policy; but can we bridge the 'Do-Knowing It's Been Done' gap?
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* Corresponding author: Stephen R Hanney stephen.hanney@brunel.ac.uk
1 Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
2 Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Health Research Policy and Systems 2011, 9:23 doi:10.1186/1478-4505-9-23
Published: 16 June 2011First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
Health Research Policy and Systems (HARPS) is publishing a supplement of papers that is well timed as it includes accounts of various strategies used by research organisations to strengthen the research to policy and practice interface [1]. It comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) plans for the 2012 edition of its flagship publication, the World Health Report, which will focus on the role of research in improving the health status of populations [2].