[EQ] Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries

Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries:
a survey of researchers

John N. Lavis, G. Emmanuel Guindon, David Cameron, Boungnong Boupha, Masoumeh Dejman, Eric J.A. Osei, Ritu Sadana 
Research to Policy and Practice Study Team

CMAJ • June 15, 2010; 182 (9). doi:10.1503/cmaj.081165 Canadian Medical Association

Available online at: http://bit.ly/aSyDcH

 “…..Many international statements have urged researchers, policy-makers and health care providers to collaborate in efforts to bridge the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries. We surveyed researchers in 10 countries about their involvement in such efforts.

…. We surveyed 308 researchers who conducted research on one of four clinical areas relevant to the Millennium Development Goals (prevention of malaria, care of women seeking contraception, care of children with diarrhea and care of patients with tuberculosis) in each of 10 low- and middle-income countries (China, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal and Tanzania). We focused on their engagement in three promising bridging activities and examined system-level, organizational and individual correlates of these activities………”.

Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries:
a survey of health care providers

G. Emmanuel Guindon, John N. Lavis, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Hossein Malek-Afzali, Guang Shi, C. Ashok K. Yesudian, Steven J. Hoffman  for the

Research to Policy and Practice Study Team

From the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (Guindon, Lavis), the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Guindon, Lavis), the McMaster Health Forum (Lavis, Hoffman), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Council on Health Research for Development (Becerra-Posada), Mexico City, Mexico; the Health Research Institute (Malek-Afzali), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; the Ministry of Health (Shi), Beijing, China; the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Yesudian), Mumbai, India; and the Faculty of Law, the Department of Political Science and the Munk Centre for International Studies (Hoffman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
CMAJ • June 15, 2010; 182 (9).; doi:10.1503/cmaj.081165 Canadian Medical Association

Available online at: http://bit.ly/cbiyG7

“………..Gaps continue to exist between research-based evidence and clinical practice. We surveyed health care providers in 10 low- and middle-income countries about their use of research-based evidence and examined factors that may facilitate or impede such use.

………..We surveyed 1499 health care providers practising in one of four areas relevant to the Millennium Development Goals (prevention of malaria, care of women seeking contraception, care of children with diarrhea and care of patients with tuberculosis) in each of China, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal and Tanzania………”

 

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