RESEARCH TO POLICY AND ACTION: COMMUNICATING EVIDENCE TO EFFECT CHANGE
Training Topics
Using lecture-discussion-and-demonstration approaches, complemented with relevant teaching aids, the resource persons will cover the following topics:
Topics on Policy
- Understanding the policy making process.
- Working with parliamentarians and policy makers.
- Making presentations to policy makers.
- Evidence-based advocacy.
- Writing policy engagement documents (policy briefs, occasional papers, situation reports etc).
Topics on Communication
- Why communication matters in policy making.
- Effective message development and communication strategies.(Effective communication strategiesPersuasive communication principles and strategies Effective message development)
- Integrating communication (and policy engagement) in the research cycle.
- Strategies for media relations (including writing for clarity, different media and getting published in refereed journals)
- Translating research into ‘vernacular’
Topics on Technology
- Using new technologies to reach policy makers and effect change
- Systems Research and Global Health Policy
Tags: Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th , September 2010;
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