Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Professor and Head, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Healthc Pap. 2022 Apr;20(3):26-32. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2022.26846.
Much of health services and policy research is applied. We offer four provocations to stimulate thinking about the relationship between research and the "systems" it aims to influence. We conclude that a focus on partnership implies that researchers need to be empathetic to the timelines and needs of policy makers, while true relationships are bidirectional. Focusing on the priorities of "systems" will emphasize short-term issues. This leads to researchers often conducting post-implementation evaluation, where they have had little involvement in policy or intervention design. Finally, a focus on single-project return of investment will tend to undervalue riskier - but also potentially more rewarding - research.
许多卫生服务和政策研究都是应用型的。我们提出了四点意见，以激发对研究与研究旨在影响的“系统”之间关系的思考。我们的结论是，对伙伴关系的关注意味着研究人员需要对政策制定者的时间安排和需求感同身受，而真正的关系是双向的。关注“系统”的优先事项将强调短期问题。这导致研究人员经常进行实施后评估，而他们在政策或干预措施设计方面几乎没有参与。最后，对单个项目投资回报的关注往往会低估风险更大但也可能更有回报的研究。
