Background Health care systems are increasingly moving towards more integrated
approaches. Shared decision making (SDM) is central to these models but may be …

Abstract System resilience has long been an area of study, and the term has become
increasingly used across different sectors. Studies on resilience in health systems are more …

A debate has arisen out of the need to understand true intervention outcomes in the social
sciences. Traditionally, the randomized, controlled trial that answers the question of 'what …

We outline a framework for conceptualising interventions in health as 'evidence-making
interventions'. An evidence-making intervention (EMI) approach is distinct from a …

Background: Realist studies represent an increasingly popular approach for exploring
complex interventions' successes and failures. The theory-driven approach seeks to explain …

Background Community engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to achieving high
quality, efficient and collaborative care. However, organisations are still searching for the …

Background Several types of audits have been used to promote quality improvement (QI) in
hospital care. However, in-depth studies into the mechanisms responsible for the …

As in other areas of international development, we are witnessing the proliferation of
'traveling models' developed by international experts and introduced in an almost identical …

Although organisational interventions have shown promising results in improving
employees' health and wellbeing, reviews of the effectiveness of such interventions …

In global health, researchers and decision makers, many of whom have medical,
epidemiology or biostatistics background, are increasingly interested in evaluating the …