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Stakeholder involvement in setting priorities for implementation research on Health Care Planning

Abstract

Objective

To identify the problems faced in the context of Health Care Planning (HCP) from the perspective of stakeholders for setting priorities in the development of implementation research.

Methods

Qualitative study based on workshops anchored in the nominal group technique. In mapping stakeholders, we sought to include a set of strategic actors that represented the diversity of action in the context of HCP. They were organized into three groups (A, B and C). Nine workshops structured in five stages were conducted. At the end, participants had the opportunity to reach a consensus on priority problems and identify the research questions. The data analysis process went through three phases, namely: content analysis, hierarchization of priority problems by stakeholder group and classification of research questions according to the objectives of theoretical approaches to implementation science (IS).

Results

participation of 84 professionals distributed between groups A (n=13), B (n=14) and C (n=57). In total, 13 themes that addressed different challenges in the HCP scenario were identified. The themes “Understanding determinants and results of HCP implementation” (Group A), “Generating evidence on HCP” (Group B) and “Access to health care and services” (Group C) stood out in hierarchization process by the number of votes and order of importance, and were identified as priority. The questions raised by the groups, related to the priority themes, covered the different theoretical approaches to IS.

Conclusion

Various themes and questions on implementation research were identified. Priority aspects were related to implementation and generation of evidence on HCP and access to health services. The priority setting exercise highlighted particular interests aligned with the needs perceived by stakeholders according to their involvement and performance in HCP.

Keywords
Stakeholder participation; Implementation Science; Health research agenda; Planning

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