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Shyama Kuruvilla
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 37
Citations - 2501
Shyama Kuruvilla is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health policy & Public health. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 35 publications receiving 2164 citations. Previous affiliations of Shyama Kuruvilla include Boston University & University of London.
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Bridging the implementation gap between knowledge and action for health
TL;DR: Given the potential for near-term improvements in health, finding more effective ways of promoting the uptake of evidence-based interventions should be a priority for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers.
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Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
Karin Stenberg,Henrik Axelson,Peter Sheehan,Ian Anderson,A Metin Gülmezoglu,Marleen Temmerman,Elizabeth Mason,Howard S. Friedman,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Joy E Lawn,Kim Sweeny,Jim Tulloch,Peter M Hansen,Mickey Chopra,Abhishek Gupta,Joshua P. Vogel,Mikael Ostergren,Bruce Rasmussen,Carol Levin,Colin F. Boyle,Shyama Kuruvilla,Marjorie Koblinsky,Neff Walker,Andres de Francisco,Nebojsa Novcic,Carole Presern,Dean T. Jamison,Flavia Bustreo +27 more
TL;DR: A new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health demonstrates how investment in women's and children's health will secure high health, social, and economic returns as discussed by the authors, which includes maternal and newborn health, child health, immunisation, family planning, HIV/AIDS, and malaria.
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A tale of two health literacies: public health and clinical approaches to health literacy
Andrew Pleasant,Shyama Kuruvilla +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a comprehensive approach to health literacy will include both clinical and public health approaches, and that experts 'scored' less on the scale than the general public.
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Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework
TL;DR: The Research Impact Framework provided prompts and descriptive categories that helped researchers systematically identify a range of specific and verifiable impacts related to their work (compared to ad hoc approaches they had previously used), and could also help researchers think through implementation strategies and identify unintended or harmful effects.
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The Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030): a roadmap based on evidence and country experience.
Shyama Kuruvilla,Flavia Bustreo,Taona Kuo,Charudutt Mishra,Katie Taylor,Helga Fogstad,Geeta Rao Gupta,Kate Gilmore,Marleen Temmerman,Joe Thomas,Kumanan Rasanathan,Ted Chaiban,Anshu Mohan,Anna Gruending,Julian Schweitzer,Hannah Sarah Dini,John Borrazzo,Hareya Fassil,Lars Gronseth,Rajat Khosla,Richard Cheeseman,Robin Gorna,Lori McDougall,Kadidiatou Toure,Katherine Rogers,Kate Dodson,Anita Sharma,Marta Seoane,Anthony Costello +28 more
TL;DR: The Global Strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) as mentioned in this paper provides a roadmap for ending preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and helping them achieve their potential for and rights to health and well-being in all settings.