Examining the Role of Health Services Research in Public Policymaking

Abstract

P olicymakers in the health care sector have begun to ask how to make better use of health services research in developing

Des pistes de solution pour une meilleure intégration des considérations éthiques en santé publique

“…La collaboration étroite et continue entre les producteurs de connaissance et les utilisateurs est un autre élément déterminant pour un transfert efficace 24,27,28 . Ce type de rapport entre producteurs et utilisateurs est rendu possible par des activités de courtage de connaissance 29,30 .…”

Increasing the influence of one’s research on policy

“…Evidence suggests that instrumental uses for research, such as drawing on research to inform technical decisions, are more likely to influence policy than research that may have a conceptual or symbolic influence on policy. 11,14 Ideally, knowledge exchange takes place at every stage from research planning, through dissemination, to application in a decision-making context. 20 Sustained interactions between research producers and users are considered central to this knowledge-exchange model, [14][15][16] and the involvement of knowledge brokers is also important.…”

“…11,14 Ideally, knowledge exchange takes place at every stage from research planning, through dissemination, to application in a decision-making context. 20 Sustained interactions between research producers and users are considered central to this knowledge-exchange model, [14][15][16] and the involvement of knowledge brokers is also important. 16 Knowledge brokers are individuals or organisations that act as intermediaries, seeking to build positive relationships between the producers and users of research.…”

“…We have chosen this approach because of its roots in the 'two communities' theory, because it embraces the social realities of the policy process, and because it offers an ideal framework to develop solutions that complement and support the interactional agenda currently promoted by key government policy documents on innovation. Additionally, it is widely discussed in the academic literature, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] promoted by practitioners who work at the research-policy interface, 18,19 and we have direct experience of operationalising this approach. The challenge for knowledge producers is to package one's research for easy policy consumption and to manage the frequent turnover of people within positions.…”

Health Services Researchers Working within Healthcare Organizations: The Intriguing Sound of Three Hands Clapping

“…There has been focused examination on the nature of researcher/decision-maker partnerships (Denis and Lomas 2003;Ross et al 2003;Martens and Roos 2005), their impact on the uptake of research by decision-makers (Innvaer et al 2002;Lavis et al 2002) and the structures and processes that facilitate or impede these interactions (Ross et al 2003;Mitton and Bate 2007;Martens and Roos 2005).…”