Greetings and apologies for any cross-postings!

Network Vol. 23, No. 1 is now online. This issue of Family Health
International's (FHI) scientific bulletin focuses on how to bridge the gap
between research results and provider practices.

Read the full text of Network 23(1) on FHI's Web site at
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/Network/v23_1/index.htm
<http://www.fhi.org/en/ReproductiveHealth/Publications/Network/v22_4/index.h
tm> .

Here is a brief summary of the issue:

Network: Research to Practice
Vol. 23, No. 1, 2003

A gap often exists between research findings and the desired outcome of
putting them into use to improve health service delivery, policies, and
practices. But this issue of Network highlights several factors that can
facilitate the speed and ease of moving research to practice. How various
factors can coincide to produce rapid utilization of research findings is
illustrated by acceptance of the antiretroviral nevirapine to prevent
mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the developing world. Also described
in the issue is a pilot initiative by the Kenya Ministry of Health and some
15 partner organizations (including FHI) to increase access to the
intrauterine device (IUD) based on research that IUDs are safe, highly
effective, and cost-effective over the long term. Finally, this issue of
Network offers guidance for identifying worthy research results, as well as
various interventions considered to be "best practices" for reproductive
health care.

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