Institute of Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Glob Public Health. 2012;7(5):482-94. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.663778. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
Abstract Our aim was to demonstrate that an understanding of the process of how research may (or may not) influence policy and practice is crucial to leverage research findings and bring about evidence-informed policy and its implementation. We describe a process of research design and execution, based on theories of the relationship between evidence and public policy-making, which sought to improve the uptake of evidence into the HIV policy-making process in Pakistan. We designed and implemented specific strategies in research methods, management and dissemination to increase the policy influence by recommendations from a multi-disciplinary research project. Research to policy is complex, rarely linear and causal attribution is problematic. Nonetheless, we believe that, in part, some of the current changes in HIV policy and practice in Pakistan may be due to the managed process of research influence. We offer four key recommendations for those concerned with improving the chances of seeing their research incorporated into policy and practice - these are (1) involve stakeholders in research management; (2) set realistic expectations of research impact; (3) invest in long-term research-policy-maker relationships; and (4) build capacity of end users to use research to demand policy change.
摘要 我们旨在表明，了解研究可能（或可能不）影响政策和实践的过程对于利用研究成果并实现循证政策及其实施至关重要。我们描述了一种基于证据与公共政策制定之间关系理论的研究设计和执行过程，该过程旨在提高巴基斯坦将证据纳入艾滋病毒政策制定过程的程度。我们设计并实施了研究方法、管理和传播方面的具体策略，以通过多学科研究项目的建议增加政策影响力。从研究到政策是复杂的，很少是线性的，因果关系也很成问题。尽管如此，我们相信，在一定程度上，巴基斯坦艾滋病毒政策和实践的一些当前变化可能是由于研究影响力的管理过程。我们为那些希望提高将研究纳入政策和实践的机会的人提供了四项关键建议——（1）让利益相关者参与研究管理；（2）对研究影响设定现实的期望；（3）投资于长期的研究——政策制定者关系；以及（4）培养最终用户利用研究要求政策变革的能力。
