Evidence-Informed Health Policy: Using Research to Make Health Systems Healthier
Report from Kunnskapssenteret (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services)
No 1–2008 A Multimethod Study
Moynihan R, Oxman AD, Lavis JN, Paulsen E. A Multi-method Study.
The full report can be downloaded as a PDF file at http://www.kunnskapssenteret.no/filer/Rapport_08_01_EIHP.pdf
The video documentaries can be found at http://www.kunnskapssenteret.no/index.php?artikkelid=1030&back=2
Background
Over the past several years there has been a great deal of international discussion about how to harness health research more effectively to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as other national health goals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In November 2004, country delegations at the Ministerial Summit on Health Research held in
Key messages
The study’s seven main implications for those establishing or administering organisations to produce clinical practice guidelines or health technology assessments or organisations to support the use of research evidence in developing health policy include:
1. Collaborate with other organisations
2. Establish strong links with policymakers and involve stakeholders in the work
3. Be independent and manage conflicts of interest among those involved in the work
4. Build capacity among those working in the organisation
5. Use good methods and be transparent in the work
6. Start small, have a clear audience and scope, and address important questions
7. Be attentive to implementation considerations even if implementation is not a remit
The study’s four main implications for the World Health Organisation and other international organisations include:
1. Support collaborations among organisations
2. Support local adaptation efforts
3. Mobilize support
4. Create knowledge-related global public goods, including methods and evidence syntheses
Video documentaries
| Brief description | Length of the video (minutes) | |
| Introduction | 01:30 | |
| REACH Policy | 08:26 | |
| | 07:46 | |
| | 09:55 | |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits | An evidence-based drug assessment and pricing scheme in Australia and South Africa | 09:18 |
| | 09:01 | |
| | An initiative to use clinical practice guidelines to make the best use of scarce resources | 07:48 |
| National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), | 06:12 | |
| | | 08:41 |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background
Methods
Results
Evidence-Informed Health Policy: Using research to make health systems healthier Discussion
Tables - Survey results
Table 1: Description of the units
Table 2: Organisation and establishment
Table 4: Focus
Table 5: People involved in producing a product or delivering a service
Table 6: Methods used in producing a product or delivering a service
Table 7: Products and implementation
Table 8: Evaluation and update procedures
Case descriptions
Case description 1: East Africa – An initiative to create a multi-national organisation that will act as a bridge between research and policy in the East African Community (comprising
Case description 2:
development and evaluated the implementation of
program, known popularly as the 30 Baht scheme
Case description 3:
provincial policymakers and researchers and the tensions that can arise in these relationships
Case description 4:
pricing scheme in
Case description 5:
the production of clinical practice guidelines
Case description 6:
use of scarce resources
Case description 7:
technology assessments with a new focus on producing evidence-based public health guidelines
to address health inequalities
Case description 8:
the development, implementation and evaluation of the new health insurance scheme
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