Advancing public health research to inform and influence policy and practice

This function includes three components:

Development of public health research priorities and practice
Strengthening institutional capacity and financing of public health research
Knowledge brokering: Knowledge brokering refers to the operational linkage between research institutions and policy-makers in a way that optimizes the translation of research findings to policy.

Established processes to identify national public health research priorities (including health services research)
Establishment of call for proposals for commissioned research, including independent research on the effectiveness of EPHO activities, in parallel to Principal investigator (PI) initiated research (universities, etc.)
Multidisciplinary partnerships with other health research centers and academic institutions
Maintenance of scientific and ethical standards in research (codes of conduct)

Inclusion of research activities in public health education and continuous training
Maintenance and access to health indicators databases for researchers
Development of new research methods, innovative technologies and solutions in public health with measurable impact
Increased funding for public health institute-centred research

Participation of research community in public health planning, particularly in development of indicators
Forums or policy dialogues between research community and policy-makers, to facilitate uptake of evidence-based policy and to jointly set public health research agenda
Interpretation of raw data gathered from population surveys, disease registries, hospital records, etc. (see tools in EPHO I) to support public health planning
Utilization/translation of research results in support of evidence-informed policy and planning

Publications in the local language

Policy briefs

Policy advocacy.