Research Prioritization Abdel Moniem Mukhtar, Dr.P.H., MPH, BDS, Research Methodology Module, AUW on...

Research Prioritization

Abdel Moniem Mukhtar, Dr.P.H., MPH, BDS, Research Methodology Module, AUW on Septmember 2012

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Research

Anecdote

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Research

Opinion

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Impact

DistributionSize

PROBLEM

Other?Currentness

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Uncertainty

Individual InterestPublic Interest

SELECTION

Other?Cost

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Consensus

SELECTION

Systematic Literature Review

Informal

Other?

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Common Cold

HIVMalaria

SELECTION

DiabetesTB

Other?

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Selection Criteria: IQWIG

• Common causes of death

• Common diagnoses for hospital admission

• Common health-related causes of absence from work

• Common diagnoses

• Common causes of medication prescriptions

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Examples of broad research priority areas identified in selected developing countries

The Working Group on Priority Setting, 2000

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Newborn health research priorities for Pakistan

Abdul Ghaffar, 2007

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Research Options

1. Has an appropriate set of research options been identified?

2. What benefits are important to those who will be affected and which benefits are likely to be achieved with each option?

3. What harms are important to those who will be affected and which harms are likely to arise with each option?

4. What are the local costs of each option and is there local evidence about their cost-effectiveness?

5. What adaptations might be made to any given option and could they alter its benefits, harms and costs?

6. Which stakeholder views and experiences might influence an option's acceptability and its benefits, harms, and costs?

Modified after: Lavis, 2009, S. 1

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Study Feasibility: SWOT

Humphrey, 2005: cited in wikipedia.org

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Checklist

• Academic arrangements 

• Financial arrangements 

• Design and analysis arrangements 

• Implementation strategy 

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Assignments: Small Group Work

• Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: Sudan

• Global burden of disease: Sudan

• Global Health Observatory: Sudan

• Disease Control Priorities Project

• CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective (CHOICE)

• Canadian Priority Setting Research Network

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Materials:Primary and Secondary Health and Health-related Data

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Thank you for your kind attention

Dr. P.H. Abdel Moniem Mukhtar, MPH, BDS

Head of Research

Public Health Institute

Sahafa, P.O. Box 9099

Khartoum/ Sudan

Tel.:  +249-9-256 001 61

Email: mukhtar@phi.edu.sd

moniem.mukhtar@gmail.com

Website: www.phi.edu.sd