TY - JOUR
T1 - A societal outcomes map for health research and policy
AU - Garfinkel, Michele S.
AU - Sarewitz, Daniel
AU - Porter, Alan L.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - The linkages between decisions about health research and policy and actual health outcomes may be extraordinarily difficult to specify. We performed a pilot application of a "road mapping" and technology assessment technique to perinatal health to illustrate how this technique can clarify the relations between available options and improved health outcomes. We used a combination of datamining techniques and qualitative analyses to set up the underlying structure of a societal health outcomes road map. Societal health outcomes road mapping may be a useful tool for enhancing the ability of the public health community, policymakers, and other stakeholders, such as research administrators, to understand health research and policy options.
AB - The linkages between decisions about health research and policy and actual health outcomes may be extraordinarily difficult to specify. We performed a pilot application of a "road mapping" and technology assessment technique to perinatal health to illustrate how this technique can clarify the relations between available options and improved health outcomes. We used a combination of datamining techniques and qualitative analyses to set up the underlying structure of a societal health outcomes road map. Societal health outcomes road mapping may be a useful tool for enhancing the ability of the public health community, policymakers, and other stakeholders, such as research administrators, to understand health research and policy options.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.063495
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.063495
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16449589
AN - SCOPUS:33644612702
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 96
SP - 441
EP - 446
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -