An approach for setting evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities in low- and middle-income countries

Abstract: To derive evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities for implementation in African settings, the international
research consortium Collaboration for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+) developed and applied a pragmatic
approach. First, an online survey and face-to-face consultation between CEBHA+ partners and policy-makers generated priority research
areas. Second, evidence maps for these priority research areas identified gaps and related priority research questions. Finally, study protocols
were developed for inclusion within a grant proposal. Policy and practice representatives were involved throughout the process. Tuberculosis,
diabetes, hypertension and road traffic injuries were selected as priority research areas. Evidence maps covered screening and models of
care for diabetes and hypertension, population-level prevention of diabetes and hypertension and their risk factors, and prevention and
management of road traffic injuries. Analysis of these maps yielded three priority research questions on hypertension and diabetes and one
on road traffic injuries. The four resulting study protocols employ a broad range of primary and secondary research methods; a fifth promotes
an integrated methodological approach across all research activities. The CEBHA+ approach, in particular evidence mapping, helped to
formulate research questions and study protocols that would be owned by African partners, fill gaps in the evidence base, address policy
and practice needs and be feasible given the existing research infrastructure and expertise. The consortium believes that the continuous
involvement of decision-makers throughout the research process is an important means of ensuring that studies are relevant to the African
context and that findings are rapidly implemented

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. - 94, 4 (2016) , 297-305, ISSN: 1564-0604

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2025
• Creator: Rehfuess, Eva A. ; Durão, Solange ; Kyamanywa, Patrick ; Meerpohl, Jörg J. ; Young, Taryn ; Rohwer, Anke

Further information

• DOI: 10665/271876
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1307345
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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