Health Researchers and Policy Makers: A Need to Strengthen Relationship

Abstract

The World Health Organization has recognized the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. Developing recommendations make little sense if they are not used. Thus, effective strategies to promote the appropriate use of recommendations by decision-makers are important.1 Discussions internationally have also been focusing on how to develop mechanisms to support the use of research evidence in developing clinical practice guidelines, health technology assessments, and health policy

Keywords

• health
• research