Title |
Researcher-decision-maker partnerships in health services research: Practical challenges, guiding principles
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-280 |
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Authors |
Anne Hofmeyer, Catherine Scott, Laura Lagendyk |
Abstract |
In health services research, there is a growing view that partnerships between researchers and decision-makers (i.e., collaborative research teams) will enhance the effective translation and use of research results into policy and practice. For this reason, there is an increasing expectation by health research funding agencies that health system managers, policy-makers, practitioners and clinicians will be members of funded research teams. While this view has merit to improve the uptake of research findings, the practical challenges of building and sustaining collaborative research teams with members from both inside and outside the research setting requires consideration. A small body of literature has discussed issues that may arise when conducting research in one's own setting; however, there is a lack of clear guidance to deal with practical challenges that may arise in research teams that include team members who have links with the organization/community being studied (i.e., are "insiders"). |
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Canada | 2 | 40% |
South Africa | 1 | 20% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Canada | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 83 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 14 | 16% |
Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
Other | 16 | 19% |
Unknown | 19 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 15% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 14% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 10 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
Other | 9 | 11% |
Unknown | 18 | 21% |