Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences
Abstract Background Rapid reviews have emerged as an approach to provide contextualized evidence in a timely and efficient manner. Three rapid review centers were established in Ethiopia, Lebanon, and South Africa through the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization...
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| author | Rhona M. Mijumbi-Deve Ismael Kawooya Edward Kayongo Rose Izizinga Hadis Mamuye Krystle Amog Etienne V. Langlois |
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| description | Abstract Background Rapid reviews have emerged as an approach to provide contextualized evidence in a timely and efficient manner. Three rapid review centers were established in Ethiopia, Lebanon, and South Africa through the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, to stimulate demand, engage policymakers, and produce rapid reviews to support health policy and systems decision-making. This study aimed to assess the experiences of researchers and policymakers engaged in producing and using rapid reviews for health systems strengthening and decisions towards universal health coverage (UHC). Methods Using a case study approach with qualitative research methods, experienced researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with respondents from each center (n = 16). The topics covered included the process and experience of establishing the centers, stimulating demand for rapid reviews, collaborating between researchers and policymakers, and disseminating and using rapid reviews for health policies and interventions and the potential for sustaining and institutionalizing the services. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Major themes interacted and contributed to shape the experiences of stakeholders of the rapid review centers, including the following: organizational structural arrangements of the centers, management of their processes as input factors, and the rapid reviews as the immediate policy-relevant outputs. The engagement process and the rapid review products contributed to a final theme of impact of the rapid review centers in relation to the uptake of evidence for policy and systems decision-making. Conclusions The experiences of policymakers and researchers of the rapid review centers determined the uptake of evidence. The findings of this study can inform policymakers, health system managers, and researchers on best practices for demanding, developing and using rapid reviews to support decision- and policymaking, and implementing the universal healthcare coverage agenda. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9327f8dad36646ce9d41622d6e657a3c2022-12-22T02:05:48ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532022-07-0111111410.1186/s13643-022-02021-3Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiencesRhona M. Mijumbi-Deve0Ismael Kawooya1Edward Kayongo2Rose Izizinga3Hadis Mamuye4Krystle Amog5Etienne V. Langlois6The Centre for Rapid Evidence Synthesis, College of Health Sciences Makerere UniversityThe Centre for Rapid Evidence Synthesis, College of Health Sciences Makerere UniversityThe Centre for Rapid Evidence Synthesis, College of Health Sciences Makerere UniversityThe Centre for Rapid Evidence Synthesis, College of Health Sciences Makerere UniversityEthiopian Public Health InstituteLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s HospitalPartnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), World Health Organization (WHO)Abstract Background Rapid reviews have emerged as an approach to provide contextualized evidence in a timely and efficient manner. Three rapid review centers were established in Ethiopia, Lebanon, and South Africa through the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, to stimulate demand, engage policymakers, and produce rapid reviews to support health policy and systems decision-making. This study aimed to assess the experiences of researchers and policymakers engaged in producing and using rapid reviews for health systems strengthening and decisions towards universal health coverage (UHC). Methods Using a case study approach with qualitative research methods, experienced researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with respondents from each center (n = 16). The topics covered included the process and experience of establishing the centers, stimulating demand for rapid reviews, collaborating between researchers and policymakers, and disseminating and using rapid reviews for health policies and interventions and the potential for sustaining and institutionalizing the services. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Major themes interacted and contributed to shape the experiences of stakeholders of the rapid review centers, including the following: organizational structural arrangements of the centers, management of their processes as input factors, and the rapid reviews as the immediate policy-relevant outputs. The engagement process and the rapid review products contributed to a final theme of impact of the rapid review centers in relation to the uptake of evidence for policy and systems decision-making. Conclusions The experiences of policymakers and researchers of the rapid review centers determined the uptake of evidence. The findings of this study can inform policymakers, health system managers, and researchers on best practices for demanding, developing and using rapid reviews to support decision- and policymaking, and implementing the universal healthcare coverage agenda.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02021-3Rapid reviewRapid response servicesHealth policy and systems researchUniversal health coverageLMICs |
| spellingShingle | Rhona M. Mijumbi-Deve Ismael Kawooya Edward Kayongo Rose Izizinga Hadis Mamuye Krystle Amog Etienne V. Langlois Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences Systematic Reviews Rapid review Rapid response services Health policy and systems research Universal health coverage LMICs |
| title | Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences |
| title_full | Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences |
| title_fullStr | Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences |
| title_short | Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences |
| title_sort | paper 1 demand driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision making lessons from lebanon ethiopia and south africa on researchers and policymakers experiences |
| topic | Rapid review Rapid response services Health policy and systems research Universal health coverage LMICs |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02021-3 |
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