Changing mindsets in health policy and systems research

[...]questions, along with the dominant approach for judging research quality which often gives a pre-eminent role to randomised methods, have influenced those involved in the generation, promotion, and use of HPSR evidence.3,4 HPSR researchers tend not to be fully accepted by the public health or p...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2013-02, Vol.381 (9865), p.436-437
Main Authors: Ghaffar, Abdul, Tran, Nhan T, Reddy, K Srinath, Kasonde, Joseph, Bajwa, Tariq, Ammar, Walid, Ren, Minghui, Rottingen, John-Arne, Mills, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care - trends
Diffusion of Innovation
Forecasting
Health Care Reform - trends
Health Policy - trends
Health Services Research - trends
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medical research
Policy Making
Public health
Studies
World Health Organization
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Summary:[...]questions, along with the dominant approach for judging research quality which often gives a pre-eminent role to randomised methods, have influenced those involved in the generation, promotion, and use of HPSR evidence.3,4 HPSR researchers tend not to be fully accepted by the public health or public policy research communities, whilst those who publish and promote health evidence often view HPSR as a "soft" science that generates context-specific findings which lack generalisability. [...]those who could apply the knowledge generated from HPSR are more often than not disengaged from the research process and view the evidence generated as irrelevant to their work.5 What should be done to change this mindset?
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61858-3