Research, Advocacy & Policy Change

• Shaping Policy for Maternal and Newborn Health: A Compendium of case studies.
• What is Advocacy for Policy Change - WHO  
• Networking for Policy Change An Advocacy Training Manual
• Lobby, Advocacy & Policy Change - Resources on Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Lobby, Advocacy & Policy Change
• Public Health Advocacy Toolkit 
• Monitoring and Evaluating Advocacy - A scoping study
• Advocacy, Communication & Social Mobilization to Fight TB - A 10 year Framework for Action
• CIHR Research: 
How to Translate Health Research Knowledge into Effective Healthcare Action
• The Challenge of Assessing Policy and Advocacy activities. 
• Knowledge for better health — a conceptual framework and foundation for health research systems.
• The Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London is a primary source for these and, for example, offers several useful, practical guides and methodological tools relevant to designing 'policy-literate' research. It also hosts the "Evidence-based Policy in Development Network" (ebpdn). See 
www.odi.org.uk/RAPID.
• The Global Development Network (GDN) is similarly concerned with how knowledge and research can links to policy development. This includes a global research project on "Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia". The website also contains toolkits e.g. on research proposal writing and dissemination of research. See 
www.gdnet.org
• DFID has its own portal - Research for Development (RAD) - to disseminate DFID-funded research. The website includes a database of research studies, case study materials, and development research organizations. See www.research4development.info