“You Can’t Look at an Orange and Draw a Banana”: Using Research Evidence to Develop Relevant Health Policy in Ghana

Bawah, Ayaga A.; Biney, Adriana A. E.; Kyei, Pearl

doi:10.9745/ghsp-d-21-00693

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“… 27 Bawah et al explore the barriers and facilitators to evidence use in policy decision making in Ghana. 35 Both articles provide insight on how to use the EIR approach to improve the country’s UHC policy coverage and effectiveness.…”

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Learning Health Systems to Bridge the Evidence-Policy-Practice Gap in Primary Health Care: Lessons From the African Health Initiative

Baynes¹,

Adedokun

Awoonor-Williams

et al. 2022

Glob Health Sci Pract

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Learning Health Systems to Bridge the Evidence-Policy-Practice Gap in Primary Health Care: Lessons From the African Health Initiative

Baynes¹,

Adedokun

Awoonor-Williams

et al. 2022

Glob Health Sci Pract

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Development of a Conceptual Framework to Guide Uptake of PhD-generated Knowledge by Policymakers

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Mtshali,

Chimbari

2023

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Background: A few frameworks have been developed to guide the translation of research findings into policy in low-resourced countries. However, none of the frameworks are specific for PhD work and this often results in the work not being fully utilized for policy development. Objective: This paper aimed to develop a framework tailored to facilitate the uptake by policymakers of knowledge generated from PhD studies in countries with limited resources. Methods: Qualitative data were collected from 10 College of Health Sciences Leadership and 4 Department of Health personnel as well as from content analysis of 29 PhD theses. Quantitative data were collected through an online questionnaire administered to 47 PhD, 11 Ph.D final year students and 21 Ph.D supervisors. The framework was inspired by and adapted in part from the KTA framework. Results: The conceptual framework that emerged from the study consists of three main concepts namely (a) barriers of research uptake, (b) facilitators of research uptake, and (c) stages of knowledge uptake. Each concept has several constructs. For each barrier, there is a facilitator which makes it easy for translation to take place and for each barrier and facilitator, there is a knowledge uptake stage to be followed for translation to take place. Conclusion: The framework can be used to facilitate the uptake of knowledge generated from PhD studies by policymakers in the South African context. We consider this framework unique as it is, to our knowledge, the first one that is specific for the translation of Ph.D work.

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“You Can’t Look at an Orange and Draw a Banana”: Using Research Evidence to Develop Relevant Health Policy in Ghana

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Learning Health Systems to Bridge the Evidence-Policy-Practice Gap in Primary Health Care: Lessons From the African Health Initiative

Learning Health Systems to Bridge the Evidence-Policy-Practice Gap in Primary Health Care: Lessons From the African Health Initiative

Development of a Conceptual Framework to Guide Uptake of PhD-generated Knowledge by Policymakers

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