Knowledge brokering for evidence-based urban health policy: a proposed framework.
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Date
2013-07
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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Abstract
This paper presents a multidimensional approach to examining the urban evidence–
policy interface in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and applies this
approach to a case study from Pakistan. Key features of urban health policy and
the significance of the evidence–policy interface in rapidly changing LMICs are
articulated; characteristics of evidence that has been successfully incorporated
into health policy are also defined. An urban health evidence-to-policy exploratory
framework for LMICs based on innovative multidisciplinary thinking and pivotal
knowledge brokering is presented. Application of the framework to a case study
on road transport and health in urban Pakistan underscores the opportunities and
utility of knowledge brokering. Public health practitioners can become knowledge
brokers at the evidence–policy interface to develop a concerted, coordinated and
informed response to urban health challenges in LMICs.
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urban health, health policy and practice, low- and middle-income countries, urban planning, knowledge broker
Citation
WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2013;2(3&4): 192-197.