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GOMEZ A, Rubén Darío; OROZCO G., Deisy Alejandra; RODRIGUEZ O, Fabio León  y  VELASQUEZ V, William. Health and public policies: research and decision making relationship. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2006, vol.24, n.2, pp.105-118. ISSN 0120-386X.

Public policymaking and research are complementary processes. The former must solve specific issues and the latter must direct decision towards benefic social changes. There is not a single solid theory explaining the complex relationship between research and policymaking. This paper reviews conditions and trends which intervention could optimize the performance of research in the political field. Objective: to explore the relationship between research and health policies determining conditions and trends that would allow an improvement in the intervention of researchers facing policymaking. Materials and methodology: bibliographical review.Results: different idealized models focus in the relationship between research and policymaking but they fail to explain why some interactions are successful and others not. Both research and policymaking are dynamic processes that do not always occur in the same way and which converging points are related to five dimensions: the central issue which both refer to, the personal characteristics of the researchers and politicians, the way they develop their role, the pressures of sociopolitical contexts on researchers and policymakers and the potential impact of findings. Conclusion: potential influence of research on political decisions depends on multiple factors, some of which have been identified by the literature and could be manage by researchers. Reviewed literature suggests that a greater contact between researchers and policymakers should be promoted.

Palabras clave : Health policies; research; health services.

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