Communicating health research (104) Q5. What can be done to better support researchers in the communication of health research? (5) Role of The Global Health Network and AuthorAid

3 October, 2022

Dear HIFA colleagues,

Below are extracts from The Global Health Network website.

'The Global Health Network enables easier, faster, and better research in the world’s most challenging settings.'

'The Global Health Network drives faster progress by sharing methods and processes to raise standards, remove duplication and enable faster transfer of evidence into practice.'

It would be great to hear from TGHN members (and other health researchers) about our question 5:

Q5. What can be done to better support researchers in the communication of health research?

TGHN has a wide variety of knowledge sharing hubs and resources but I could not find one on research communication.

I had a look on the AuthorAid website and could not find guidance there either.

There are resources on how to write a paper, but I couldn't find other guidance on how to communicate research.

I expect there is much tacit knowledge on this subject across both networks.

https://tghn.org/

https://www.authoraid.info

What kind of guidance (or other practical support) do health researchers need to communicate their research, beyond publication of the paper itself?

Are HIFA members aware of other organisations that support researchers in this way?

Best wishes, Neil

Joint Coordinator, HIFA Communicating health research https://www.hifa.org/projects/new-effective-communication-health-researc...

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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of the HIFA global health movement (Healthcare Information For All - www.hifa.org ), a global community with more than 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting on six global forums in four languages in collaboration with WHO. HIFA brings stakeholders together to accelerate progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK based non-profit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Twitter: @hifa_org neil@hifa.org