RESOURCES for setting priorities
Priority setting tools
| STEP 1 | ISSUE | TOOLS |
| Assessing the situation | Mapping governance structure | NHRS mapping-questionnaire word
NHRS mapping-tree mind map NHRS mapping-tree excel |
| Mapping NHRS policies | NHRS policies-questionnaire word | |
| Mapping priority setting background | NHRS priorities-questionnaire word | |
| Mapping stakeholders | Checklist for identification of stakeholders word
Futures toolkit – involving the right people pdf |
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| Profiling | Checklist of issues to be considered in situation analysis word
NHRS profiling – questionnaire excel |
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| Performance assessment | HIS assessment excel
Is research working for you? pdf |
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| STEP 2 | ISSUE | TOOLS |
| Setting the scene | Defining the scope | Futures toolkit – deciding the scope pdf |
| Defining ethical standards | Accountability for reasonableness pdf | |
| STEP 3 | ISSUE | TOOLS |
| Choosing the appropriate method | Compound approaches | Essential National Health Research Approach pdf
Burden of Disease Approach pdf 3D Combined Approach Matrix pdf Child Health Priorities Approach pdf |
| Foresighting techniques | Deciding the futures approach Visioning pdf Backcasting pdf Gaming pdf Scenarios pdf Horizon Scanning pdf Driver Analysis pdf Trend Analysis pdf Delphi pdf Roadmaps pdf Modelling pdf Simulation pdf |
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| Ranking of priority issues | How to use criteria for research priority setting | |
| STEP 4 | ISSUE | TOOLS |
| Planning for priority setting | Timelines | Futures toolkit – action plan pdf |
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Cost |
Futures toolkit – setting a timetable and a budget pdf | |
| Communication | Futures toolkit – communication pdf | |
| Monitoring and evaluation | M&E indicators – practical suggestions word | |
| STEP 6 | ISSUE | TOOLS |
| Making health research priorities work | Monitoring & evaluating the implementation process | Conceptual framework for successful priority setting pdf |
