{"id":76,"date":"2013-08-02T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T10:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/hppdebated\/?p=76"},"modified":"2014-12-02T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:56:45","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/hppdebated\/2013\/08\/02\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/hppdebated\/files\/2013\/08\/HPP-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-77\" alt=\"HPP cover\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/hppdebated\/files\/2013\/08\/HPP-cover.jpg\" \/><\/a>Welcome to Health Policy and Planning Debated. We have created this blog to spark conversations about challenges in health systems, opportunities, evidence and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>We will be presenting the best in health systems research, voices of young researchers and snapshots in policy and practice &#8211; and their interfaces with research.<\/p>\n<p>We invite and encourage your active participation and look forward to reading thought-provoking, controversial, constructive discussions. In particular, we\u2019re interested in seeing discussions on topical issues, often linked to (but not limited to) those that arise as a result of publications in the <a href=\"http:\/\/heapol.oxfordjournals.org\/\">journal<\/a>. We also welcome debates about research methods and alternative approaches to studying critical health policy and systems questions.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/aboutus\/people\/coker.richard\">Richard Coker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhsph.edu\/faculty\/directory\/profile\/5030\/Bennett\/Sara\">Sara Bennett<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nEditors-in-Chief, <em>Health Policy and Planning<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Health Policy and Planning Debated. 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