Having women in leadership, ought to translate to laws, policies, programmes and practices that takes into account their daily experiences.
Keepin' it REAL has been tested on 7,000 students and – unlike D.A.R.E.'s old-school lesson plan – has been included on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Registry of Evidence-based Programmes and Practices.
The ambitious goal of eliminating FGM/C within a generation can be achieved by building on the progress of existing programmes and practices.
Therefore, health research will contribute to increased efficiency and effectiveness of health policy and decision making processes in Angola on programmes and practices.
Health research driven by the healthcare demands of the population can provide an informative evidence base to support decision-making processes on health policies, programmes, and practices.
Motivation of HWs in developing countries to engage in recently introduced programmes and practices has also been highlighted in the literature to be an important component of programme success [ 28, 29].
According to Peters et al. [ 4], despite the need for information to support decisions on policies, programmes, and practices in health, the implementation research is a growing but not well-understood field.
In the context of implementation research, it is a major basis for decision-making processes on health policies, programmes, and practices, especially when driven by the demand of the health problems of the population [ 2, 3].
Therefore, the reliability of the self-report questionnaire measuring health behaviour of adolescents is crucial since the low reliability may tend to mask the real prevalence and important relationships, which adds difficulties or leads to the wrong development of relevant policies, programmes and practices for the young people.
The ACHR argues that: 'Perhaps the most effective way for WHO to gain support among member states, funders, potential partners, and the public for its mandate in health research would be to lead the generation of a substantial body of evidence from evaluation studies showing how using research in policy, programmes, and practices has led to improved health outcomes.' [ 12].
