Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33057731›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of public health2020

How do advisory groups contribute to healthy public policy research?

Helen van Eyk, Sharon Friel, Peter Sainsbury, Tessa Boyd-Caine, Patrick Harris, Colin MacDougall, Toni Delany-Crowe, Connie Musolino, Fran Baum

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Helen van EykSouthgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. helen.vaneyk@flinders.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-4235
Sharon FrielSchool of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Peter SainsburySydney Medical School, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tessa Boyd-CaineHealth Justice Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Patrick HarrisCentre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE). University of New South Wales Australia Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. Population Health, South Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, Ingham Institute, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Colin MacDougallSouthgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Toni Delany-CroweSouthgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Connie MusolinoSouthgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Fran BaumSouthgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Funding

Australian Research Council DP160100244National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1027561National Health and Medical Research Council GNT 1078046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis paper reflects on experiences of Australian public health researchers and members of research policy advisory groups (PAGs) in working with PAGs. It considers their benefits and challenges for building researcher and policy actor collaboration and ensuring policy relevance of research.

methodsFour research projects conducted between 2015 and 2020 were selected for analysis. 68 PAG members from Australian federal, state and local governments, NGOs and academics participated in providing feedback. Thematic analysis of participant feedback and researchers' critical reflections on the effectiveness and capacity of PAGs to support research translation was undertaken.

resultsPAGs benefit the research process and can facilitate knowledge translation. PAG membership changes, differing researcher and policy actor agendas, and researchers' need to balance policy relevance and research independence are challenges when working with PAGs. Strategies to improve the function of health policy research PAGs are identified.

conclusionsThe paper suggests a broader adapted approach for gaining the benefits and addressing the challenges of working with PAGs. It opens theoretical and practical discussion of PAGs' role and how they can increase research translation into policy.

Indexed as

Public HealthPublic PolicyAdvisory CommitteesAustraliaHumansResearchTranslational Research, BiomedicalHealthy public policy researchResearcher policymaker collaborationResearch policy advisory groupsResearch translationResearch utilisation

Identifiers

PMID33057731

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.