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dc.contributor.authorTripathy, Jaya Prasad
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Ajay MV
dc.contributor.authorGuillerm, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Selma Dar
dc.contributor.authorBissell, Karen
dc.contributor.authorReid, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorZachariah, Rony
dc.contributor.authorRamsay, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHarries, Anthony D
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-17T14:30:05Z
dc.date.available2018-08-17T14:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationTripathy , J P , Kumar , A MV , Guillerm , N , Berger , S D , Bissell , K , Reid , A , Zachariah , R , Ramsay , A & Harries , A D 2018 , ' Does the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) continue to influence health policy and/or practice? ' , Global Health Action , vol. 11 , no. 1 . https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1500762en
dc.identifier.issn1654-9716
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 255427519
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: b5a1270c-476a-4a22-b77e-350f737e5038
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:CF436E9A9D324605B564D9CCC36B3CF3
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85051232364
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000440966200001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/15838
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) is a successful model of integrated operational research and capacity building with about 90% of participants completing the training and publishing in scientific journals. Objective: The study aims at assessing the influence of research papers from six SORT IT courses conducted between April 2014 and January 2015 on policy and/or practice. Methods: This was a cross-sectional mixed-method study involving e-mail based, self-administered questionnaires sent to course participants coupled with telephone/Skype/in-person responses from participants, senior facilitators and local co-authors of course papers. A descriptive content analysis was performed to generate themes. Results: Of 71 participants, 67 (94%) completed the course. A total of 67 papers (original research) were submitted for publication, of which 61 (91%) were published or were in press at the censor date (31 December 2016). Among the 67 eligible participants, 65 (97%) responded to the questionnaire. Of the latter, 43 (66%) research papers were self-reported to have contributed to a change in policy and/or practice by the course participants: 38 to a change in government policy or practice (26 at the national level, six at the subnational level and six at the local/hospital level); four to a change in organisational policy or practice; and one study fostered global policy development. Conclusion: Nearly two-thirds of SORT IT course papers contributed to a change in policy and/or practice as reported by the participants. Identifying the actual linkage of research to policy/practice change requires more robust methodology, in-depth assessment and independent validation of the reported change with all concerned stakeholders.
dc.format.extent11
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Health Actionen
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectOperational researchen
dc.subjectPolicyen
dc.subjectThe Unionen
dc.subjectMédecins Sans Frontières;en
dc.subjectTDRen
dc.subjectSORT ITen
dc.subjectRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicineen
dc.subjectLC Special aspects of educationen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subject.lccRA0421en
dc.subject.lccLCen
dc.titleDoes the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) continue to influence health policy and/or practice?en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1500762
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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