Using knowledge brokering to promote evidence-based policy-making : the need for support structures

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dc.contributor.authorKammen, Jessika van
dc.contributor.authorde Savigny, Don
dc.contributor.authorSewankambo, Nelson K.
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-13T16:25:14Z
dc.date.available2010-01-13T16:25:14Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractKnowledge brokering is a promising strategy to close the “know–do gap” and foster greater use of research findings and evidence in policy-making. It focuses on organizing the interactive process between the producers and users of knowledge so that they can co-produce feasible and research-informed policy options. We describe a recent successful experience with this novel approach in the Netherlands and discuss the requirements for effective institutionalization of knowledge brokering. We also discuss the potential of this approach to assist health policy development in low-income countries based on the experience of developing the Regional East-African Health (REACH)-Policy Initiative. We believe that intermediary organizations, such as regional networks, dedicated institutional mechanisms and funding agencies, can play key roles in supporting knowledge brokering. We recommend the need to support and learn from the brokerage approach to strengthen the relationship between the research and policy communities and hence move towards a stronger culture of evidence-based policy and policy-relevant research.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (p. 608-612)en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/41063
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/v84n8/v84n8a11.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWHO, Geneva, CHen
dc.relation.ispartofBulletin of the World Health Organization, v. 84, no. 8, August 2006en
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY FORMULATIONen
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVEen
dc.subjectRESEARCH RESULTSen
dc.subjectDECISION MAKINGen
dc.subjectHEALTH PLANNINGen
dc.subjectNETHERLANDSen
dc.subjectEAST AFRICAen
dc.subjectGLOBALen
dc.titleUsing knowledge brokering to promote evidence-based policy-making : the need for support structuresen
dc.typeBulletin or Newsletteren
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number102750
idrc.project.number001047
idrc.project.number100921
idrc.project.number104214
idrc.project.titleREACH: Regional Capacity for Evidence-based Health Policy in East Africaen
idrc.project.titleEssential Health Interventions Programen
idrc.project.titleClosing the Loop - Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project (TEHIP)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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