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dc.contributor.authorObuku, E.
dc.contributor.authorLavis, J.
dc.contributor.authorKinengyere, A.
dc.contributor.authorMafigiri, D.
dc.contributor.authorSengooba, F.
dc.contributor.authorKaramagi, C.
dc.contributor.authorSewankambo, N.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T11:33:27Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T11:33:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationObuku, E, et al. (2017). Where is students' research in evidence-informed decision-making in health? Assessing productivity and use of postgraduate students' research in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic review. Health Research Policy and Systems (2017) 15:18en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0169-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/10435
dc.descriptionThis article can be retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0169-9en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Investing in research that is not accessible or used is a waste of resources and an injustice to human subject participants. Post-graduate students’ research in institutions of higher learning involves considerable time, effort and money, warranting evaluation of the return on investment. Although individual studies addressing research productivity of post-graduate students are available, a synthesis of these results in low-income settings has not been undertaken. Our first aim is to identify the types of approaches that increase productivity and those that increase the application of medical post-graduate students’ research and to assess their effectiveness. Our second aim is to assess the determinants of post-graduate students’ research productivity. Methods: We propose a two-stage systematic review. We will electronically search for published and grey literature in PubMed/MEDLINE and the ERIC databases, as well as contact authors, research administration units of universities, and other key informants as appropriate. In stage one, we will map the nature of the evidence available using a knowledge translation framework adapted from existing literature. We will perform duplicate screening and selection of articles, data abstraction, and risk of bias assessments for included primary studies as described in the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews. Our primary outcome is publication output as a measure of research productivity, whilst we defined research use as citations in peer-reviewed journals or policy-related documents as our secondary outcome. In stage two, we will perform a structured narrative synthesis of the findings and advance to quantitative meta-analysis if the number of studies are adequate and their heterogeneity is low. Adapting the Grading, Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach, we will assess the overall quality of evidence for effects, and report our results in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Discussion: We will share our findings with universities, other training institutions, civil society, funders as well as government departments in charge of education and health particularly in low- and middle-income countries.en_US
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dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subjectStudents' researchen_US
dc.subjectBibliometricsen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge translationen_US
dc.titleWhere is students' research in evidence-informed decision-making in health? Assessing productivity and use of postgraduate students' research in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic reviewen_US
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