VIDEO AS A TOOL TO BRING THE PERSPECTIVE OF RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS JAMIE GUTH, TDR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER GLOBAL EVIDENCE SUMMIT SESSION ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 15 SEPTEMBER, 2017 1
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TDR? OUR VISION The health and well-being of people burdened by infectious diseases of poverty is improved through research and innovation. OUR MISSION To support effective and innovative global health research, through strengthening the research capacity of disease-affected countries, and promoting the translation of evidence into interventions that reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the most vulnerable populations. [2] TDR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
HOW WE IMPROVE HEALTH [3] TDR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
HOW IS TDR INCREASING THE USE OF EVIDENCE FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION? • Improving the packaging of evidence synthesis • Increasing interest and capacity among policy-makers and stakeholders to use evidence • S trengthening systematic processes of collating, organizing, synthesizing and disseminating research evidence • Integrating evidence with the tacit knowledge about what works or does not work. 4
HOW IS TDR INCREASING THE USE OF EVIDENCE FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION? • Improving the packaging of evidence synthesis • Increasing interest and capacity among policy-makers and stakeholders to use evidence • S trengthening systematic processes of collating, organizing, synthesizing and disseminating research evidence • Integrating evidence with the tacit knowledge about what works or does not work. 5
THE INTERVENTION COS MIC multi-country study in Benin, Burkina Faso and the Gambia to to reduce malaria burden among pregnant women: • Community healthcare workers conducted scheduled screening and treatment at home • Measured malaria parasites in placenta, social and health system barriers and enablers to intervention 6
RESEARCH UPTAKE PROCESS Policy panels of key stakeholders in plenary and small group discussions Met at beginning and end of proj ect, with updates in between PowerPoint presentations with data, photos and participant quotes on changes 7 in malaria parasite levels, social acceptability, health system barriers
IMPACT OF THE VIDEO • Provided local context – the setting and the people • Reinforced the credibility of the research processes • S trengthened the panel members’ understanding of the research results • S howed strong collaboration between the research team and community, a proven facilitator in research uptake • Led to strong statements of commitments to make changes based on this study. 8
HERE’S WHAT POLICY-MAKERS TOLD US Y ou show me a video of a part icipant part icipat ing in a st udy, I'll be more convinced t han j ust t elling me t he numbers. The video is t here t o show you t he realit y of what is on t he ground, because it won’t hide anyt hing. It 's all t here f or you t o see. The researcher will t alk about his perspect ive or her perspect ive about t he lives of t he people. But what t he people are f eeling and t elling you represent t heir lif e more t han what t he researcher is t elling you. The policy-makers would not have gone t o t he f ield t o see a case of a mot her being t aken t o t he hospit al or t he case of somet hing happening. S o t hat is really good t o have t hose. Y ou f eel it . I mean, it kind of mot ivat es you in f act t o say, I have t o go int o t he f ield and see what 's happening t here. 9
RECOMMENDATIONS • Video should be considered as another tool for research that has policy/ practice implications. • Donors should ask for and fund this type of tacit knowledge sharing in research dissemination activities. • New procedures on informed consent for videos, particularly with 10 vulnerable populations, need to be further developed.
To watch the video for this study: https:/ / youtu.be/ 5C8_-EMOhpo To read the full study, contact Jamie Guth guthj @ who.int [11] TDR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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