1 Assessing the situation (tools)

Mapping governance structure

• NHRS mapping-questionnaire word
• NHRS mapping-tree mind map
• NHRS mapping-tree excel

Mapping NHRS policies

• NHRS policies-questionnaire word

Mapping priority setting background

• NHRS priorities-questionnaire word

Mapping stakeholders

• Checklist for identification of stakeholders word
• Futures toolkit – involving the right people pdf

Profiling

• Checklist of issues to be considered in situation analysis word
• NHRS profiling – questionnaire excel

Performance assessment

• HIS assessment excel
• Is research working for you? pdf

2 Setting the scene (tools)

Defining the scope

• Futures toolkit – deciding the scope pdf

Defining ethical standards

• Accountability for reasonableness pdf

3 Choosing the best method (tools)

Compound approaches for identifying priority issues

• Essential National Health Research Approach pdf – 293 Kb
• Burden of Disease Approach pdf – zip folder 17.7 Mb
• 3D Combined Approach Matrix pdf – 864 Kb
• Child Health Priorities Approach pdf – 641 Kb

Foresighting techniques for identifying priority issues

• Visioning pdf
• Backcasting pdf
• Gaming pdf
• Scenarios pdf
• Horizon Scanning pdf
• Driver Analysis pdf
• Trend Analysis pdf
• Delphi pdf
• Roadmaps pdf
• Modelling pdf
• Simulation pdf

Direct valuation techniques for ranking priority issues

• Comparison in pairs (Introduction to Health Planning. P N Reeves, D E Bergwall, N B Woodside. Third Edition. Information Resources Press, Arlington, Virginia, 1984)
• Anchored rating scale (Planning Methods for Health and Related Organisations. P C Nutt. John Wiley & Sons. Toronto, 1984)
• Rank weight (Planning Methods for Health and Related Organisations. P C Nutt. John Wiley & Sons. Toronto, 1984)

Indirect valuation techniques for ranking priority issues

• Hanlon method (Public Administration and Practice. J J Hanlon, George E Pickett. Eighth Edition. Mirror/Moshy College Publishing. St. Louis, 1984)
• Simplex method (Methods for Priority Setting in Area Wide Health Planning. J Drake et al. Arthur Young & Co., Washington DC, 1977. In Basic Health Planning Methods. Aspen System Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, 1978)

4 Planning for priority setting (tools)

Timelines

• Futures toolkit – action plan pdf

 Cost

• Futures toolkit – setting a timetable and a budget pdf

Communication

• Futures toolkit – communication pdf

Monitoring & evaluation

• M&E indicators – practical suggestions word

6 Making health research priorities work (tools)

Linking research to action

• Decision-linked research approach pdf

Monitoring & evaluating the implementation process

• Conceptual framework for successful priority setting pdf

Recommended reading

• A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania USA, 2000 Edition)
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• A Manual for Research Priority Setting using the ENHR Streategy (COHRED, 2000.3, March 2000)
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• A New Approach for Systematic Priority Setting In Child Health Research Investment (Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative, 2006)
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• A Research Policy Agenda for Science and Technology, to Support Global Health Development (The Advisory Committee on Health Research. World Health Organization, 1997)
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• Health Research: Essential Link to Equity in Development (Commission on Health Research for Development. Oxford University Press. New York, 1990)
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• Introduction to Health Planning (P N Reeves, D E Bergwall, N B Woodside. Third Edition. Information Resources Press, Arlington, Virginia, 1984)
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• Investing in Health Research and Development. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research Relating to Future Intervention Options (World Health Organization, 2006)
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• Methods for Priority Setting in Area Wide Health Plannig (J Drake et al. Arthur YOung & Co., Washington DC, 1977. In Basic Health Planning Methods. A D Spiegel and H H Hyman. Aspen System Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, 1978)
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• Planning Methods for Health and Related Organisations (P C Nutt. John Wiley & Sons, Toronto, 1984)
• Priority Setting for Health Research: Toward a management process for low and middle income countries (ISBN: 92-9226-008, COHRED, 2006)
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• Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting (Shannon L Sibbald, Peter A Singer, Ross Upshur, Douglas K Martin. BMC Health Services Research 9:43, 2009)
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• Public Health Administration and Practice (J J Hanlon, George E Pickett. Eighth Edition. Mirror/Moshy College Publishing, St. Louis, 1984)
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• Setting Limits Fairly: Can we learn to share medical resources? (Norman Daniel, James E Sabin. Oxford University Press, 2002)
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• SPHERE: Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe (Mark McCarthy, Aileen Clark. European Journal of Public Health. Vol 17, Supp 1, 2007)
• Strategic Futures Planning. Suggestions for success (Foresight. Office of Science and Technology. Department of Trade and Industry, March 2005)
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• The 3D Combined Approach Matrix: An improved tool for setting priorities in research for health (Abdul Ghaffar, Téa Collins, Stephen A Matlin, Sylvie Olifson. Global Forum for Health Research, 2009)
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• Turning Research into Action: The Decision-Linked Research Approach (Judith Seltzer, Saul Helfenbein, John Paxman. The Manager. Volume VIII, Number 3, Fall 1999)

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