Implementation research evidence uptake and use for policy-making
Ulysses Panisset 1; Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos 2;
Ahmad Hamdi Alkhatib 3; Tomás Pantoja 4 ;Prabal Singh 5;
Jane Kengey-Kayondo 6; Ben McCutchen 7
1 Coordinator, Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet), Department of Knowledge
Management and Sharing, WHO
2 Programme Head, Health & Family Planning Systems Programme, ICDDR,B,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
3 Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Forum Fellow, McMaster Health
Forum, Canada
4 Family Medicine Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
5 ACCESS Health International Inc., Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, Indian
School of Business, Andhra Pradesh, India
6 Strategic Alliances, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical
Diseases (TDR), WHO
7 Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada
Health Research Policy and Systems – July 2012
“……A major obstacle to the progress of the Millennium Development Goals
has been the inability of health systems in many low- and middle-income
countries to effectively implement evidence-informed interventions.
This article discusses the relationships between implementation research
and knowledge translation and identifies the role of implementation research
in the design and execution of evidence-informed policy. After a discussion of
the benefits and synergies needed to translate implementation research into
action, the article discusses how implementation research can be used along
the entire continuum of the use of evidence to inform policy. It provides specific
examples of the use of implementation research in national level programmes
by looking at the scale up of zinc for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea in
Bangladesh and the scaling up of malaria treatment in Burkina Faso.
A number of tested strategies to support the transfer of implementation
research results into policy-making are provided to help meet the standards
that are increasingly expected from evidence-informed policy-making practices…”
“……Implementation research is an integral part of the knowledge translation
(KT) continuum. Emphasis must be placed not only on its production, but also
on its quality, proper use and uptake in decision-making. In order to more
effectively implement evidence informed policy, policy-makers and researchers
should learn together and work in partnership to improve access and delivery.
Steps should be taken to increase the demand for research use and knowledge
translation (KT) through sustainable partnerships and mechanisms, including
KT platforms (at the district, provincial and national levels) that promote the early
involvement of policy-makers, managers, health care providers and patients and
serve as the basis for capacity-strengthening activities….”
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