This report explores how knowledge translation (KT) and cultural contexts are conceptualized and utilized, with a focus on health policy-making theory and practice. KT takes place within cultural contexts that can powerfully frame what policy problems are and what type of research is accepted by po...
Trans-fatty acids (TFAs), or trans-fats, are an important public health problem that has many negative consequences for human health and requires multi-stakeholder health policy interventions for its solution. TÜSEB Turkish Institute for Health Policies, the Ministry of Health of Turkey and the WHO Coun...
The Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe is an initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It supports WHO Member States to develop a culture and practice of designing health policies based on the best available research evidence. Annual Network meetings with a different composition of...
High-quality research is important for improving population health and well-being and for achieving
the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. The challenges facing individuals, organizations and
countries in securing research funding and building research capacity, and then using these resources
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The WHO European Region has the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, yet alcohol
labelling, a WHO-recommended practice that provides consumer information on the ingredients, nutritional
values and harms of alcohol, is not mandatory. This report synthesizes evidence on alcohol la...
Men are less likely than women to seek help for mental health issues and are much more likely to commit
suicide. This scoping review examined recent evidence published in English and Russian on the role of socially
constructed masculinity norms in men’s help-seeking behaviour for mental health issues. ...
Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of the arts on health
and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in different countries across the
WHO European Region and further afield. This report synthesizes the global evidence on t...
Arts interventions, such as singing in a choir to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are considered noninvasive, low-risk treatment options and are increasingly being used by Member States to supplement more traditional biomedical treatments. The Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report...
The Health Evidence Network (HEN) is an information service for public health decision-makers in the
WHO European Region, in action since 2003 and initiated and coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for
Europe under the umbrella of the WHO European Health Information Initiative (a multipartner network
c...
Intercultural mediators are employed to resolve linguistic and cultural barriers in a variety of health-care contexts. This report examines the main roles performed by intercultural mediators in health care across the WHO European Region and analyses evidence on their effectiveness in improving accessibi...
