Building capacities of elected national representatives to interpret and to use evidence for health-related policy decisions: A case study from Botswana

Cockcroft, Anne; Masisi, Mokgweetsi; Thabane, Lehana; Andersson, Neil

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“…In some LMICs large amounts of data are collected in the form of national health surveys, program monitoring data and operational research [ 12 , 50 , 51 , 71 ], creating a reservoir of potential ‘valuable’ local evidence for decision-making. However, the use of this data is limited by low levels of capacity to analyse it for dissemination for policy and practice [ 12 , 53 , 72 ] and issues of data quality [ 30 , 41 , 53 , 73 ], hence the description “data rich, information poor” ([ 12 ], p.S4). Policymakers lament the difficulty in accessing relevant research findings that are of high quality and in digestible formats and they often have limited skills in interpreting evidence [ 30 , 41 , 53 , 73 ].…”

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“…However, the use of this data is limited by low levels of capacity to analyse it for dissemination for policy and practice [ 12 , 53 , 72 ] and issues of data quality [ 30 , 41 , 53 , 73 ], hence the description “data rich, information poor” ([ 12 ], p.S4). Policymakers lament the difficulty in accessing relevant research findings that are of high quality and in digestible formats and they often have limited skills in interpreting evidence [ 30 , 41 , 53 , 73 ]. They struggle with being provided an uneven mix of evidence from different sources that is difficult to evaluate, and with being able to ask the right questions for good policymaking [ 41 , 73 ].…”

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“…Policymakers lament the difficulty in accessing relevant research findings that are of high quality and in digestible formats and they often have limited skills in interpreting evidence [ 30 , 41 , 53 , 73 ]. They struggle with being provided an uneven mix of evidence from different sources that is difficult to evaluate, and with being able to ask the right questions for good policymaking [ 41 , 73 ]. There is a role here for international agencies in supporting operational research and analysis, prompting a call for international support for LMICs to use their operational research data [ 72 ].…”

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Knowledge translation for public health in low- and middle- income countries: a critical interpretive synthesis

Malla

Aylward

Ward

2018

glob health res policy

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BackgroundEffective knowledge translation allows the optimisation of access to and utilisation of research knowledge in order to inform and enhance public health policy and practice. In low- and middle- income countries, there are substantial complexities that affect the way in which research can be utilised for public health action. This review attempts to draw out concepts in the literature that contribute to defining some of the complexities and contextual factors that influence knowledge translation for public health in low- and middle- income countries.MethodsA Critical Interpretive Synthesis was undertaken, a method of analysis which allows a critical review of a wide range of heterogeneous evidence, through incorporating systematic review methods with qualitative enquiry techniques. A search for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2016 on the topic of knowledge translation for public health in low- and middle – income countries was carried out, and 85 articles were reviewed and analysed using this method.ResultsFour main concepts were identified: 1) tension between ‘global’ and ‘local’ health research, 2) complexities in creating and accessing evidence, 3) contextualising knowledge translation strategies for low- and middle- income countries, and 4) the unique role of non-government organisations in the knowledge translation process.ConclusionThis method of review has enabled the identification of key concepts that may inform practice or further research in the field of knowledge translation in low- and middle- income countries.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s41256-018-0084-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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2018

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“…Case studies have been used to study various kinds of political and election contexts and have been reported in the literature. Examples include Childs, Webb and Marthaler (2010); (Cockcroft et al 2010); (Bush 2011); (Murray 2010); (Balachandran & Sekar 2013). As is the case in the present study, the aim of this approach is to investigate the factors that affect the phenomenon of interest in one particular contextual setting.…”

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Women in Politics in Matrilineal Society: A Case Study of West Sumatra, Indonesia

Selinaswati¹

2019

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Studies of women in politics have mostly been done within patriarchal socialstructures around the world. These studies show that women have many potentialopportunities to become involved in public life; as voters in elections, like politicalcandidates, and if successful as members of the administrative class or asMembers of Parliament (MPs). However, female politicians may be affected byseveral factors within the social, economic, political and cultural systems. Thisthesis examined whether the matrilineal social structure of the province of WestSumatra, Indonesia, influences women’s political participation in localparliaments. West Sumatra is dominated by the Minangkabau ethnic group,which has a matrilineal tradition that provides more opportunities for women interms of property ownership and non-household activities. It was assumed thatwomen who were involved in local politics would be affected by these culturalvalues.This research was a case study. Three categories of informants, femalepoliticians, community leaders, and voters, were interviewed to identify thestrategies and experiences of female politicians and the diversity of opinionregarding female politicians in this matrilineal society. Data was obtainedthrough fieldwork carried out from July to October 2012 in West Sumatra.During this period, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were carried out inlocations where female politicians had been elected to the local parliament.Additional information was obtained from 17 voting members of the publicthrough the use of a questionnaire. Secondary data were obtained fromgovernment documents and local parliaments, online resources, institutions, andorganizations.The study found that the matrilineal system in West Sumatra inspired femalepoliticians in their efforts to gain a seat in parliament. However, they alsoexperienced disadvantages in the matrilineal and Indonesian political system. Itwas found that the opinions of community leaders toward female politicianswere largely neutral and saw female politicians as compared to male ones. Thevoting public tends to have less knowledge about female politicians and viewedthem as not significantly better than male politicians. The study concludes thatthe matrilineal structure of West Sumatran society does not have much impacton women’s political participation and female politicians can benefit byimproving their capabilities in order to win a seat in parliament. Additionally,the Indonesian government might play a role in bridging the gap between lowand high-level political participation by women and develop ways to includeaspects of local culture such as the matrilineal system into its policies that relateto political autonomy at the regional level.

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“…While in the Camino Verde trial, SEPA operated almost entirely at the community level, in other instances the approach has been used at the level of planners and policy makers through workshops around evidence presented in the form of summary findings, maps and score cards, not to prescribe solutions but to assist in the interpretation of evidence [41, 46, 47]. …”

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Mobilising communities for Aedes aegypti control: the SEPA approach

Ledogar¹,

Arosteguí²,

Hernández-Álvarez³

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BMC Public Health

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Camino Verde (the Green Way) is an evidence-based community mobilisation tool for prevention of dengue and other mosquito-borne viral diseases. Its effectiveness was demonstrated in a cluster-randomised controlled trial conducted in 2010–2013 in Nicaragua and Mexico. The common approach that brought functional consistency to the Camino Verde intervention in both Mexico and Nicaragua is Socialisation of Evidence for Participatory Action (SEPA).In this article, we explain the SEPA concept and its theoretical origins, giving examples of its previous application in different countries and contexts. We describe how the approach was used in the Camino Verde intervention, with details that show commonalities and differences in the application of the approach in Mexico and Nicaragua. We discuss issues of cost, replicability and sustainability, and comment on which components of the intervention were most important to its success. In complex interventions, multiple components act in synergy to produce change. Among key factors in the success of Camino Verde were the use of community volunteers called brigadistas, the house-to-house visits they conducted, the use of evidence derived from the communities themselves, and community ownership of the undertaking.Communities received the intervention by random assignment; dengue was not necessarily their greatest concern. The very nature of the dengue threat dictated many of the actions that needed to be taken at household and neighbourhood levels to control it. But within these parameters, communities exercised a large degree of control over the intervention and displayed considerable ingenuity in the process.Trial registration ISRCTN27581154.

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Building capacities of elected national representatives to interpret and to use evidence for health-related policy decisions: A case study from Botswana

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Knowledge translation for public health in low- and middle- income countries: a critical interpretive synthesis

Knowledge translation for public health in low- and middle- income countries: a critical interpretive synthesis

Women in Politics in Matrilineal Society: A Case Study of West Sumatra, Indonesia

Mobilising communities for Aedes aegypti control: the SEPA approach

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