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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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A tale of two health literacies: public health and clinical approaches to health literacy

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.