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A checklist for health research priority setting: nine common themes of good practice [pdf 366.08 kb]

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Strategic directions for research for health: scaling up in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 161.42kb]

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“Research for health” reflects the reality that a multisectoral approach and the involvement of a range of sectors and disciplines in research are imperative in improving health outcomes (EM/RC58/6 [pdf 161.42kb]).

Research for health covers the full spectrum of research, which spans the following five generic areas of activity (WHO 2012 [pdf 1.02MB]):

  • measuring the magnitude and distribution of the health problem;
  • understanding the diverse causes or the determinants of the problem, whether they are due to biological, behavioral, social or environmental factors;
  • developing solutions or interventions that will help to prevent or mitigate the problem;
  • implementing or delivering solutions through policies and programmes;
  • evaluating the impact of these solutions on the level and distribution of the problem.

Research for health is a vital component in developing health systems, in understanding the causes of ill health, and in predicting and mitigating the effects of other factors on health.

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