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Evaluating the Impact of Research on Policy and Practice

Evaluating the Impact of Research on Policy and Practice. Case studies of HPD funded research in Ghana and Tanzania Sarah Hall. Why should research be evaluated?. Need for expenditure to be justified Highlight good (and poor) practice Provide justification for further funding. Methodology.

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Evaluating the Impact of Research on Policy and Practice

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  1. Evaluating the Impact of Research on Policy and Practice Case studies of HPD funded research in Ghana and Tanzania Sarah Hall

  2. Why should research be evaluated? • Need for expenditure to be justified • Highlight good (and poor) practice • Provide justification for further funding

  3. Methodology • Case study approach • Use of the Buxton input - output model

  4. Buxton Input - Output Model • Stage 0 Research needs assessment • Interface (a) Project specification, selection and commissioning • Stage I Inputs • Stage II Processes • Stage III Primary outputs • Interface (b) Dissemination • Stage IV Secondary outputs • Stage V Applications • Stage VI Impacts or final outcomes

  5. Case Studies in Ghana • Vitamin A supplementation trial 1989-95 (LSHTM) • Multi-centre trial of magnesium sulphate for management of eclampsia (NEU, University of Oxford). • Obstetric Audit 1998-2000 (University of Aberdeen) • Near Miss Audit Project (LSHTM) • Health Sector Reform and Malaria Control (local PIs supported by LSTM)

  6. Case Studies in Tanzania • Field Trials of a “Dip it Yourself” kit for impregnation of bednets (LSHTM) • Comparison of house spraying and ITN for reduction of malaria incidence (LSHTM / NIMR) • School health programmes in primary schools (CICH / UKUMPTA) • Impact of deworming on among school age children (ICH / UKUMPTA) • Mwanza HIV / STD intervention trial (LSHTM / AMREF / NIMR / MoH)

  7. Direct and indirect impacts found as a result of research • Direct health benefits to communities as a result of interventions introduced as part of the research study • Capacity building • Further development of the research agenda • The incorporation of research findings into policy and practice • Contributing to changes in social climate

  8. Issues affecting the impact of research on policy and practice

  9. Advantages of case studies • Provide comprehensive information about impact • Provide valuable examples of good practice and opportunities for lesson learning • Provide information about process as well as outcome • Provide feedback from a number of stakeholders

  10. Practical and methodological considerations • Proportionality of effort • When should the case study be carried out? • Assessed impact of projects rather than programmes - could case studies be effectively used to assess the impact of programmes? • How much effort should be put into identifying final outcomes?

  11. Further issues for HPD • What criteria should HPD use to assess impact? • What methods should be used?

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