Uneke Chigozie Jesse, Ezeoha Abel Ebeh, Uro-Chukwu Henry Chukwuemeka
Department of Health Policy and Knowledge Translation, African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Feb 9;7:28. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_103_17. eCollection 2018.
Capacity constraints on implementation research among policymakers and researchers are a major challenge to the evidence to policy link. This study was designed to bring together senior policymakers and researchers in Nigeria to consider issues around research-to-policy interface and enhance their capacity on implementation research.
The design was a cross-sectional study. A 3-day joint implementation research workshop was held for policymakers and researchers using World Health Organization/TDR Implementation Research Toolkit. Assessment of participants' capacity for evidence-informed policymaking and knowledge on implementation research was done using a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire. A postworkshop key informant interview was also conducted.
A total of 20 researchers and 15 policymakers participated in the study. The interaction/partnership between policymakers and researchers was generally rare in terms of priority-setting process, involvement as coinvestigators, and executing strategies to support policymakers' use of research findings. The mean ratings (MNRs) recorded mostly ranged from 1.80 to 1.89 on the 5-point scale. Researchers were rarely involved in the generation of policy-relevant research that satisfies policymakers' needs with MNR very low at 1.74. The MNRs for capacity to acquire, assess, and adapt research were generally considerably higher among researchers (3.16-3.82) than policymakers (2.27-3.20). There was a general consensus that the training tremendously improved participants' understanding and use of implementation research.
Policymakers and researchers are increasingly recognizing their need to work with each other in the interest of the health systems. There is a need to create more capacity enhancement platforms that will facilitate the interface between them.
政策制定者和研究人员在实施研究方面的能力限制是证据与政策联系的一个重大挑战。本研究旨在召集尼日利亚的高级政策制定者和研究人员，以探讨围绕研究与政策接口的问题，并提高他们在实施研究方面的能力。
采用横断面研究设计。利用世界卫生组织/热带病研究培训特别规划实施研究工具包，为政策制定者和研究人员举办了为期3天的联合实施研究研讨会。使用5点李克特量表问卷评估参与者基于证据的政策制定能力和实施研究知识。还进行了研讨会后的关键信息访谈。
共有20名研究人员和15名政策制定者参与了该研究。在确定优先事项的过程、作为共同研究者的参与以及执行支持政策制定者使用研究结果的策略方面，政策制定者和研究人员之间的互动/伙伴关系通常很少。在5分制量表上记录的平均评分大多在1.80至1.89之间。研究人员很少参与生成满足政策制定者需求的与政策相关的研究，平均评分为1.74，非常低。研究人员在获取、评估和应用研究方面的能力平均评分（3.16 - 3.82）普遍明显高于政策制定者（2.27 - 3.20）。普遍达成的共识是，培训极大地提高了参与者对实施研究的理解和应用。
政策制定者和研究人员越来越认识到，为了卫生系统的利益，他们需要相互合作。有必要创建更多能力提升平台，以促进他们之间的接口。
