Designing and implementing a communications strategy: lessons learnt from HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Programme Consortia
2011

Lessons Learned in Communicating Health Research

Commentary Evidence: moderate

Author Information

Author(s): Annabelle South

Primary Institution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Hypothesis

How can health research organizations effectively communicate their findings to influence policy and practice?

Conclusion

Effective communication of health research is essential for influencing policy and practice.

Supporting Evidence

  • Health research organizations need to communicate effectively to influence policy.
  • Different research topics require tailored communication strategies.
  • Workshops have proven invaluable for developing researchers' communication skills.

Takeaway

This paper talks about how researchers can share their findings better so that they help people who need it most. It shows that working together and learning from each other is really important.

Methodology

The paper reflects on experiences from several Research Programme Consortia funded by DFID in developing and implementing communications strategies.

Limitations

The paper is based on experiences from specific consortia and may not be generalizable to all research contexts.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/1478-4505-9-S1-S15

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