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Does the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) continue to influence health policy and/or practice?
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dc.contributor.author | Tripathy, Jaya Prasad | |
dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Ajay MV | |
dc.contributor.author | Guillerm, Nathalie | |
dc.contributor.author | Berger, Selma Dar | |
dc.contributor.author | Bissell, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Reid, Anthony | |
dc.contributor.author | Zachariah, Rony | |
dc.contributor.author | Ramsay, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Harries, Anthony D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-17T14:30:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-17T14:30:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Tripathy , 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/10.1080/16549716.2018.1500762 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1654-9716 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 255427519 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: b5a1270c-476a-4a22-b77e-350f737e5038 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:CF436E9A9D324605B564D9CCC36B3CF3 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85051232364 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000440966200001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/15838 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: 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.extent | 11 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Global Health Action | en |
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.subject | Operational research | en |
dc.subject | Policy | en |
dc.subject | The Union | en |
dc.subject | Médecins Sans Frontières; | en |
dc.subject | TDR | en |
dc.subject | SORT IT | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | LC Special aspects of education | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | LC | en |
dc.title | Does the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) continue to influence health policy and/or practice? | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1500762 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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