Addressing the tensions and complexities involved in commissioning and undertaking implementation research in low- and middle-income countries
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Date
2018
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Volume Title
Publisher
BMJ
Abstract
Rapid scale-up of new policies and guidelines, in the
context of weak health systems in low/middle-income
countries (LMIC), has led to greater interest
and funding for implementation research. Implementation research in LMICs is often commissioned
by institutions from high-income countries
but increasingly undertaken by LMIC-based research
institutions. Commissioned implementation research to evaluate
large-scale, donor-funded health interventions in
LMICs may hold tensions with respect to the interests
of the researchers, the commissioning agency,
implementers and the country government. We propose key questions that could help researchers
navigate and minimise the potential conflicts of
commissioned implementation research in an LMIC
setting.
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Keywords
Low/middle-income countries (LMIC), Implementation research, Donor-funded health interventions, Conflict
Citation
Doherty T, Lewin S, Kinney M, et alAddressing the tensions and complexities involved in commissioning and undertaking implementation research in low- and middle-income countriesBMJ Global Health 2018;3:e000741.