scholarly journals Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: a report from Sri Lanka

2003 ◽  
Vol 183 (5) ◽  
pp. 457-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athula Sumathipala ◽  
Sisira Siribaddana ◽  
Sudath Samaraweera ◽  
D. A. R. K. Dayaratne
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Findings

Sri Lanka is an island situated close to the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent with a land area of about 65 000 km2. The population in 2001 was 18.5 million. It has an interesting genetic diversity, its five main populations revealing both European and Asian origins. Although Sri Lanka is a developing country, it has strengths that other developing countries do not have, mainly in health and education. However, Sri Lanka lacks a research culture and has inadequacies in its research capabilities; hence, capacity building is essential. Based on our research findings, we plan to achieve this by working with professionals, statutory services, policy-makers and the public. Our model is international collaboration based on our own research agenda. Such partnerships can produce high-quality research, with greater influence on national policy and practice (Costello & Zumla, 2000).

Suicide on the Indian Subcontinent

Crisis ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad M. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Important Public Health Problem ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Causative Factors

Summary: The Indian subcontinent comprises eight countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives) and a collective population of more than 1.3 billion people. 10% of the world's suicides (more than 100,000 people) take place in just three of these countries, viz. India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. There is very little information on suicides from the other four countries. Some differences from suicides in Western countries include the high use of organophosphate insecticides, larger numbers of married women, fewer elderly subjects, and interpersonal relationship problems and life events as important causative factors. There is need for more and better information regarding suicide in the countries of the Indian subcontinent. In particular, studies must address culture-specific risk factors associated with suicide in these countries. The prevention of this important public health problem in an area of the world with myriad socio-economic problems, meager resources, and stigmatization of mental illness poses a formidable challenge to mental health professionals, policy makers, and governments of these countries.

Blinded by Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wastell ◽  
Susan White
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday World ◽  
Public Imagination

In recent years, new areas of biology, especially epigenetics and neuroscience, have enthralled the public imagination. They have been used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, from early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children to seeking 'biomarkers' as identifiers of criminality. This book critically examines the capabilities and limitations of these biotechnologies, exploring their implications for policy and practice. The book will enable social scientists, policy makers, practitioners and interested general readers to understand how the new biologies of epigenetics and neuroscience have increasingly influenced the fields of family policy, mental health, child development and criminal justice. The book will facilitate much needed debate about what makes a good society and how best to build one. It also draws attention to the ways that the uncertainties of the original science are lost in their translation into the everyday world of practice and policy, and how the primary work is co-opted and manipulated to support particular moral agendas.

Great Britain: The Illusion of Governmental Authority

1978 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-562
Author(s):  
Norman H. Keehn
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
British Government ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Contractual Relationships ◽  
The Government

The capacity of the British Government to pursue and achieve economic purposes under liberal managed capitalism without the consent, cooperation, or passive acquiescence of organized producer groups is inherently limited. The ineluctable fact is that the British Government is dependent on the holders of economic power for achieving economic purposes. For this reason, national policy makers enter into partnership arrangements and contractual relationships with vital corporatist forces. Deliberate, premeditated, collaborative action is needed to ensure correlation between the government's intentions and achievements. Concertation, which represents a partnership between the public and private sectors as well as cooperative give-and-take in reaching agreements on economic objectives, enables the government to govern.

scholarly journals Decomposition of Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: Deep Look into the Service Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1416-1422
Author(s):  
Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe ◽  
M P M D Sandaruwan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Specific Service ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Per Capita

The service sector gives the highest contribution to the economic growth of the country and it is about more than 50. Therefore service sector give the highest contribution for the economic growth in Srilanka. Through this research the service sector is decomposed. This empirical study was to measuring the contribution for the economic growth in Sri Lanka by service sector. Time series data is used to identify the decomposition of economic growth in Sri Lanka by Service. Annually data is collected from 2006 to 2014. This study mainly focused on growth decomposition methodology developed by Ivanov and Webster and this methodology used to decompose economic growth in Sri Lanka by service sector. This model presents an approach that is general and it can be applied to other countries. The methodology identifies the direct impacts of specific service sector components on the per capita growth of real gross domestic product. The study found that each service sector components in this analysis has a very different contribution to the growth rate in the economy. The research findings would provide guidance to the policy makers to develop policies, procedures, programs and standards.

Knowledge translation and health policy for burden of disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Pallari ◽  
S T Thomsen ◽  
H B M Hilderink
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Public ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
Life Years

Abstract A key goal of most Burden of Disease (BoD) studies is to support public health policies. However, while the concepts of BoD and Disability Adjusted Life years have been introduced more than 25 years, BoD researchers are still struggling to find better ways to translate their findings and communicate them to the relevant decision makers and other stakeholders. To address this gap, the burden-eu COST Action aims to generate better guidance of the use of BoD metrics in policy-making processes. In collaboration with experts in knowledge translation and risk communication, the Action will compile good practices in knowledge translation and develop a roadmap to integrate knowledge translation in national BOD studies. To support these objectives, collaborations have been established with knowledge translation experts from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and the European Public Health Association. During an initial meeting of the “knowledge translation” working group, 29 participants identified elements in the pathway from evidence generation to practice that need to be addressed. Building on the outcomes of this meeting and the inputs from the knowledge translation experts, this presentation will introduce the knowledge translation framework, and address some of the challenges in identifying best routes to reach out to the public and policy-makers. Specific emphasis will be placed in profiling the context, actors and processes of each country within the policy triangle, and drawing on best and worst example case studies. Additionally, the process will be discussed to co-create a toolkit or guide for using BoD evidence in policy and practice. The session will conclude with an interaction with the audience to learn about the perceived barriers for implementing knowledge translation within the BoD framework.

scholarly journals Invited commentary on … Rethinking funding priorities in mental health research

2016 ◽  
Vol 208 (6) ◽  
pp. 510-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaldeep Bhui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Economic Perspectives

SummaryThis commentary takes up the notion proposed by Lewis-Fernández and colleagues that we need more balance in research priorities. Specifically, our reliance on neurobiology may be misplaced and likely to be unrewarding unless we ensure that: (a) research with better return for patients and the public is also pursued; (b) research findings are put into practice; and (c) we retain a focus on proportionate investment in service provision. Patient, public and economic perspectives should drive the decision making for better investment, and behaviour change might be better targeted at commissioners and policy makers rather than patients and providers.

scholarly journals Eyewitness identification procedures: Do researchers and practitioners share the same goals?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Graham Pike ◽  
Catriona Havard ◽  
Gini Harrison ◽  
Hayley Ness
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Eyewitness Identification ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Identification Research ◽  
Identification Procedures

Research has undoubtedly led to a number of important changes to the way police obtain eyewitness identification evidence in a number of countries. However, despite these successes and the significant effort made by researchers to communicate key findings to public agencies, policy-makers and influential law enforcement personnel using a broad range of evidence, relevant policy and practice have either been very slow to respond or have not changed to incorporate the suggestions at all. In this article we employed an online survey to explore the knowledge and opinions of front-line policing practitioners in the UK regarding eyewitness research and practice. This was undertaken to determine how familiar less-senior, operational staff were with key research findings, what their opinions of current practice were and crucially, their views on how identification procedures should be improved compared with the recommendations made by researchers. The results revealed a fundamental mismatch between research and practice, with practitioners indicating a need to increase the rate of positive identifications and research tending to focus on methods of reducing false identifications. This result suggests that an approach driven by the need for the police to produce convictions may be an important factor that is blocking the translation of eyewitness identification research into practice.

scholarly journals Navigating the contested terrain of teacher education policy and practice: Introduction to the special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Aydarova ◽  
David C. Berliner
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Teacher Education Policy ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Contested Terrain

In the policy climate where various actors claim to have the solutions for the enduring challenges of teacher education, policy deliberations sideline certain voices. This introduction to the special issue explores policy contestations surrounding teacher education and highlights some of the perspectives overlooked by policy debates. It lays out new priorities for the teacher education community to ensure that the profession’s collective voice would be heard by policy-makers and by the public at large.

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