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Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives
BACKGROUND: The translation of public health research evidence into policy is critical to strengthening the capacity of local health systems to respond to major health challenges. However, a limited amount of public health research evidence generated in developing countries is actually translated in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33761935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00650-5 |
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author | Malama, Annie Zulu, Joseph Mumba Nzala, Selestine Kombe, Maureen Mupeta Silumbwe, Adam |
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description | BACKGROUND: The translation of public health research evidence into policy is critical to strengthening the capacity of local health systems to respond to major health challenges. However, a limited amount of public health research evidence generated in developing countries is actually translated into policy because of various factors. This study sought to explore the process of health research knowledge translation into policy and to identify factors that facilitate or hinder the process in Zambia. METHODS: This work was an exploratory qualitative study comprising two phases. Firstly, a document review of health policies and strategic frameworks governing research was undertaken to understand the macro-environment for knowledge translation in Zambia. Secondly, key informant interviews were conducted with those responsible for health research and policy formulation. The study interviewed 15 key informants and a thematic analysis approach was used. RESULTS: The document review showed that there are policy efforts to promote knowledge translation through improvement of the research macro-environment. However, the interviews showed that coordination and linkage of the knowledge creation, translation and policy-making processes remains a challenge owing to lack of research knowledge translation capacity, limited resources and lack of knowledge hubs. Emerging local research leadership and the availability of existing stock of underutilized local health research data provide an opportunity to enhance knowledge translation to feed into policy processes in Zambia. CONCLUSIONS: Public health research knowledge translation into policy remains a challenge in Zambia. To enhance the uptake of research evidence in policy-making, this study suggests the need for improved coordination, financing and capacity-building in knowledge translation processes for both health researchers and policy-makers. |
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spelling | pubmed-79923582021-03-25 Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives Malama, Annie Zulu, Joseph Mumba Nzala, Selestine Kombe, Maureen Mupeta Silumbwe, Adam Health Res Policy Syst Research BACKGROUND: The translation of public health research evidence into policy is critical to strengthening the capacity of local health systems to respond to major health challenges. However, a limited amount of public health research evidence generated in developing countries is actually translated into policy because of various factors. This study sought to explore the process of health research knowledge translation into policy and to identify factors that facilitate or hinder the process in Zambia. METHODS: This work was an exploratory qualitative study comprising two phases. Firstly, a document review of health policies and strategic frameworks governing research was undertaken to understand the macro-environment for knowledge translation in Zambia. Secondly, key informant interviews were conducted with those responsible for health research and policy formulation. The study interviewed 15 key informants and a thematic analysis approach was used. RESULTS: The document review showed that there are policy efforts to promote knowledge translation through improvement of the research macro-environment. However, the interviews showed that coordination and linkage of the knowledge creation, translation and policy-making processes remains a challenge owing to lack of research knowledge translation capacity, limited resources and lack of knowledge hubs. Emerging local research leadership and the availability of existing stock of underutilized local health research data provide an opportunity to enhance knowledge translation to feed into policy processes in Zambia. CONCLUSIONS: Public health research knowledge translation into policy remains a challenge in Zambia. To enhance the uptake of research evidence in policy-making, this study suggests the need for improved coordination, financing and capacity-building in knowledge translation processes for both health researchers and policy-makers. BioMed Central 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7992358/ /pubmed/33761935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00650-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Malama, Annie Zulu, Joseph Mumba Nzala, Selestine Kombe, Maureen Mupeta Silumbwe, Adam Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title | Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title_full | Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title_fullStr | Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title_short | Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
title_sort | health research knowledge translation into policy in zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33761935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00650-5 |
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