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

Profiling Checklist of issues to be considered in situation analysis word

NHRS profiling – questionnaire excel

Performance assessment HIS assessment excel

Is research working for you? pdf

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

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

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

RESOURCES for setting priorities

Priority setting methods

  1. Essential National Health Research Approach (pdf – 293 Kb)
  2. Burden of Disease Approach (zip folder – 12.7 Mb)
  3. 3D combined Approach Matrix (pdf – 864 Kb)
  4. Child Health Priorities Approach (pdf – 641 Kb)
  5. Foresighting Techniques (slide show – 12.7 Mb)

RESOURCES for setting priorities

Recommended reading

  1. A manual for Research Priority Setting using the ENHR Strategy
    (COHRED, document 2000.3, March 2000)
  2. Priority Setting for Health Research: Toward a management process for low and middle income countries
    (COHRED, 2006. ISBN: 92-9226-008-1)
  3. Setting limits fairly: Can we learn to share medical resources?
    (Norman Daniel, James E. Sabin, Oxford University Press 2002)
  4. A guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge
    (Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania USA. 2000 Edition)

Resources for setting priorities

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