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Fundamental barrier to the uptake of research-• absence of a strong evidence based culture

within policy and program development, • lack of appreciation of the contribution of

research to the policy process.

Hennink and StephensonJournal of Health Communication. 2005; 10:163–180

Risk for You in Political LinksRisk in being aligned with a political party may have short term gain but long term may fail “in crowd” – “out crowd”Politicians- have very long memories - see opposition to them as personalIf possible avoid being associated with a political faction

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Barriers: Researchers Policy makers perception of research

Emphasis on statistics

Lack dissemination skills and access to policy makers

Lack resources

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Barriers: Policy Makers

Limited access to research reports

Lack central source research outputs

Quality of research

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Barriers: Common

Lack of formal communications channels

Lack of collaborative research

Format and interpretation of research findings

Politics Hennink and Stephenson

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Moving Research into PolicyWhere on health compass?

What research?

Who are key policy players?

What factors influence policy ?

How to influence?

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Moving Research into Policy Handbook for Clinicians: Chapter 17

MacDonald NE. Improving the health of our children and youth: the power of partnerships and questions http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722553/

WHO – TB. Moving research findings into new WHO policies. http://www.who.int/tb/advisory_bodies/research_to_policy/en/index.html

Hennink M, Stephenson R. Using Research to Inform Health Policy: Barriers and Strategies in Developing Countries. Journal of Health Communication. 2005;10:163–180. http://www2.eastwestcenter.org/research/popcomm/pdf/2_Selected_Readings/Using%20research%20to%20inform%20health%20policy.pdf