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Assessing the impact of research on policy: a review of the literature for a project on bridging research and policy through outcome evaluation: final report with references and appendices
- Authors:
- BOAZ Annette, FITZPATRICK Siobhan, SHAW Ben
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 392p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Conducted as part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) research contract Bridging Research and Policy through Outcome Evaluation, this literature review was commissioned to inform Defra officials interested in evaluating the impact of research on policy. It draws on 156 UK and international papers and reports which cover evaluations of the impact of research on policy or describe the evaluative process and the range of methods available. This report describes the review, covering the background to the project, the methods used, mapping the literature, and using the literature, looking at how people evaluate the impact of research programmes on policy, the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, which methods are most effective, which offer value for money, and issues to consider when evaluating the impact of research on environmental policy. Eight key dimensions of best practice when designing a research impact evaluation emerged from the literature analysis, which need to be considered in the light of the time, skills and resources available for the evaluation: the conceptual framework, the outcomes of interest, the methods that will best explore the outcomes of interest, addressing attribution, the direction of travel for the evaluation, whether it is a mixed method approach providing scope for triangulation, whether the methods will capture context and complexity, and the best time to conduct the evaluation.
Assessing the impact of research on policy: a review of the literature for a project on bridging research and policy through outcome evaluation: report summary
- Authors:
- BOAZ Annette, FITZPATRICK Siobhan, SHAW Ben
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Conducted as part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) research contract Bridging Research and Policy through Outcome Evaluation, this literature review was commissioned to inform Defra officials interested in evaluating the impact of research on policy. It draws on 156 UK and international papers and reports, reporting on evaluations of the impact of research on policy or describing the evaluative process and the range of methods available. This summary briefly describes the review and its main findings, including the eight key dimensions of best practice when designing a research impact evaluation which emerged from the literature analysis, which need to be considered in the light of the time, skills and resources available for the evaluation: the conceptual framework, the outcomes of interest, the methods that will best explore the outcomes of interest, addressing attribution, the direction of travel for the evaluation, whether it is a mixed method approach providing scope for triangulation, whether the methods will capture context and complexity, and the best time to conduct the evaluation.
Policy Studies Institute
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
Policy Studies Institute (PSI) is one of the UK's leading research institutes, conducting research to promote economic well-being and improve quality of life. The publication and dissemination of research findings is central to its ethos. PSI takes a politically neutral stance on issues of public policy and has no connections with any political party, commercial interest or pressure group
Wealth in Britain: a lifecycle perspective
- Authors:
- ROWLINGSON Karen, WHYLEY Claire, WARREN Tracey
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 169p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Wealth inequality in Britain is very extreme - the top 10 per cent of the population owns half of all wealth. Secondary analysis of the 1995/6 Family Resources Survey, along with 40 in-depth interviews with families, sheds new light on the relationship between income, wealth and different stages of the lifecycle. In 1995/6, half of all families in Britain had total wealth of at least £53,000 (the sum of financial savings, accumulated state, occupational and personal pension wealth and net housing wealth). Wealth increased with age, peaking at an average (median) of £133,000 for 60- to 69-year-olds, then declining for older groups. Pensioner couples had the highest levels of wealth of all lifecycle groups, followed by middle-aged couples without dependent children. Young single people (under the age of 35) and lone parents had very little wealth. Four factors were found to affect wealth accumulation. The most important was ability to accumulate wealth - those with higher incomes and lower out-goings were most likely to put money into financial savings, mortgages and occupational or personal pensions. Attitudes towards saving and knowledge about different schemes also had an effect on wealth accumulation. Finally, the availability of suitable savings and investment schemes was also a key factor.
Decision-making in Mental Health Review Tribunals
- Author:
- PERKINS Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 164p.,bibliiog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs) were established under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1959 as one of the 'main safeguards against improper admission under compulsory powers' and 'unduly protracted detention'. The statutory provisions were tightened in the 1983 MHA in an attempt to provide a better safeguard for the rights of patients. This study set out to examine how MHRTs make decisions about whether or not to discharge patients detained under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act (1983). The research identified significant differences in operation between tribunals from the pre-hearing meeting through to the deliberation. . Four factors were found to constrain the fairness of tribunal decision-making. These were: tribunal structures and procedures; the legislation, and in particular the section 72 criteria for discharge; the actual process of decision-making.
Sustainable development and social inclusion: towards an integrated approach to research
- Editors:
- EAMES Malcolm, ABEDOWALE Maria
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 55p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report seeks to ensure that a strong ‘social component’ is reflected in the emerging ‘agenda’ for UK sustainable development research. Particular objectives of the report are to: provide a basis for dialogue between researchers, research funders, policy makers and other stakeholders concerned with environmental and social exclusion/regeneration issues; to promote the effective integration of social, economic and environmental/resource elements in research to support sustainable development; to encourage UK funding bodies to support such integrated research; to evaluate the Sustainable Development Research (SDR) Network’s contribution to developing this agenda; and to review the proceedings of the SDR Network’s 2001 annual conference through the ‘lens’ of social exclusion/inclusion.
Social care and health: a new deal?
- Editor:
- ALLEN Isobel
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 80p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book brings together the papers delivered at the annual seminar held by the Association of Directors of Social Services and the Policy Studies Institute in 2001. The seminar was designed to look back over the development off the welfare state and the changing profile of personal social services since the Seebohm report. The aim was to look behind organisational change and to see ho values
Coming up for care: assessing the post-hospital needs of older patients
- Authors:
- HEALY Judith, et al
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 146p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book explores staff who are involved in assessing post hospital needs of older patients and the process involved in that assessment. It looks at different multidisciplinary assessment team models and analyses the factors that predict the post hospital services likely to be received by older patients. The study has implications for health and social care professionals, since it demonstrates that the post hospital services received by older patients are influenced by the kind of professionals who assess them.
Ethnicity, class and health
- Author:
- NAZROO James Y
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 196p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at how socio economic factors contribute to ethnic inequalities in health. The report begins by examining the existing evidence on ethnic inequalities in health and explanations for them. It looks at how rates of illness vary across and within ethnic groups and considers how far differences in health might be consistent across subgroups and generations. It then explores the contribution of socio economic factors using data from the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities. Goes on to consider the implications of its findings for the understanding of ethnic inequalities in health and raises issues for future research in this area.
Ethnicity, class and health
- Author:
- NAZROO James Y
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 2001