How many of you have a friend/boss/mother-in-law who jumps in with solutions before really understanding your problem? If so, I’m sure you’ll agree that it…
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05/07/2011
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
Not everyone will find your research useful. You need to know who your audience is and what information they need in order to communicate with them effectively.
05/07/2011
Blog Posts
How many of you have a friend/boss/mother-in-law who jumps in with solutions before really understanding your problem? If so, I’m sure you’ll agree that it…
24/06/2011
Blog Posts
It is increasingly well recognised that Web 2.0 has dramatically changed the way that development research results are being both assembled and disseminated. A recent…
23/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper discusses APHRC’s experience in working with the media to promote reporting on health research in general, and its own research, in particular over…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper reflects on the experience in developing and implementing a communications strategy of several RPC funded by DFID. RPC are collaborative international research consortia…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
In this paper, the authors, share thier own experience of researching orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) to illustrate how the Research and Development Division (RDD)…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
The public health response to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, has been and continues to be overwhelmingly focused on risk, disease and negative outcomes of…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
Research institutions and donor organizations are giving growing attention to how research evidence is communicated to influence policy. In the area of sexual and reproductive…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
The paper demonstrates that, although complex, and not without methodological issues, impact assessment of research can be of real value to researchers in understanding the…
12/06/2011
Journal Articles
Health communication is widely considered to be a major aspect of any public health campaign. Strategies integrated into a community, based on personal contact and…
12/06/2011
Papers & Reports
What shapes the influence evidence has on policy? The key lesson that emerges from this paper is the primacy of politics in shaping how evidence…
20/04/2011
Blog Posts
Good quality research can easily get overlooked by policymakers, even after receiving widespread acclaim. The path to influencing policy is often shrouded in mystery and…
14/03/2011
Papers & Reports
Vanesa Weyrauch and Gala Diaz Langou have developed a conceptual framework to identify factors that help or hinder impact evaluation and analyze how they influence…
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