The value and promise of embedded research

Existing research uptake mechanisms, developed in the context of clinical practice and medical guidelines, largely focus on the packaging of evidence for ease of understanding for front-line practitioners. However, the packaging of evidence alone is an inadequate approach to enhance evidence use in policy development and programme implementation. Given the central role of context in determining both what evidence is needed and how this evidence can be applied to the problem at hand, enhancing evidence use in policies and programmes requires an approach that puts decision-makers at the centre of the evidence generation process. One specific way to enable the embedded approach is having decision-makers lead research, giving them greater ownership within the research process. This is of particular relevance in the area of immunisation, where embedded research may help solve issues such as when scale-up has stalled or particular populations are under-served due to systemic and structural barriers to access.

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Ghaffar, A., Gupta, A., Kampo, A. et al. The value and promise of embedded research. Health Res Policy Sys 19, 99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00744-8