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Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. / Cooper, Alison; Lewis, Ruth; Gal, Micaela et al.
In: Global Health Research and Policy, Vol. 9, No. 1, 18, 31.05.2024, p. 18.

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Cooper, A, Lewis, R, Gal, M, Joseph-Williams, N, Greenwell, J, Watkins, A, Strong, A, Williams, D, Doe, E, Law, R-J & Edwards, A 2024, 'Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre', Global Health Research and Policy, vol. 9, no. 1, 18, pp. 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

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Cooper, A., Lewis, R., Gal, M., Joseph-Williams, N., Greenwell, J., Watkins, A., Strong, A., Williams, D., Doe, E., Law, R.-J., & Edwards, A. (2024). Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. Global Health Research and Policy, 9(1), 18. Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

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Cooper A, Lewis R, Gal M, Joseph-Williams N, Greenwell J, Watkins A, Strong A, Williams D, Doe E, Law R-J, et al. 2024. Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. Global Health Research and Policy. 9(1):18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

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Cooper, Alison et al. "Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre". Global Health Research and Policy. 2024, 9(1). 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

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Cooper A, Lewis R, Gal M, Joseph-Williams N, Greenwell J, Watkins A et al. Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. Global Health Research and Policy. 2024 May 31;9(1):18. 18. doi: 10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

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Cooper, Alison ; Lewis, Ruth ; Gal, Micaela et al. / Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. In: Global Health Research and Policy. 2024 ; Vol. 9, No. 1. pp. 18.

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T1 - Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre

AU - Cooper, Alison

AU - Lewis, Ruth

AU - Gal, Micaela

AU - Joseph-Williams, Natalie

AU - Greenwell, Jane

AU - Watkins, Angela

AU - Strong, Alexandra

AU - Williams, Denitza

AU - Doe, Elizabeth

AU - Law, Rebecca-Jane

AU - Edwards, Adrian

N1 - © 2024. The Author(s).

PY - 2024/5/31

Y1 - 2024/5/31

N2 - BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vital need for research to inform policy decision-making and save lives. The Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre (WCEC) was established in March 2021 and funded for two years, to make evidence about the impact of the pandemic and ongoing research priorities for Wales available and actionable to policy decision-makers, service leads and the public.ObjectivesWe describe the approaches we developed and our experiences, challenges and future vision.Program implementationThe centre operated with a core team, including a public partnership group, and six experienced research groups as collaborating partners. Our rapid evidence delivery process had five stages: 1. Stakeholder engagement (continued throughout all stages); 2. Research question prioritisation; 3. Bespoke rapid evidence review methodology in a phased approach; 4. Rapid primary research; and 5. Knowledge Mobilisation to ensure the evidence was available for decision-makers.Main achievementsBetween March 2021–23 we engaged with 44 stakeholder groups, completed 35 Rapid Evidence Reviews, six Rapid Evidence Maps and 10 Rapid Evidence Summaries. We completed four primary research studies, with three published in peer reviewed journals, and seven ongoing. Our evidence informed policy decision-making and was cited in 19 Welsh Government papers. These included pandemic infection control measures, the Action Plan to tackle gender inequalities, and Education Renew and Reform policy. We conducted 24 Welsh Government evidence briefings and three public facing symposia.Policy implicationsStrong engagement with stakeholder groups, a phased rapid evidence review approach, and primary research to address key gaps in current knowledge enabled high-quality efficient, evidence outputs to be delivered to help inform Welsh policy decision-making during the pandemic. We learn from these processes to continue to deliver evidence from March 2023 as the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre, with a broader remit of health and social care, to help inform policy and practice decisions during the recovery phase and beyond.

AB - BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vital need for research to inform policy decision-making and save lives. The Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre (WCEC) was established in March 2021 and funded for two years, to make evidence about the impact of the pandemic and ongoing research priorities for Wales available and actionable to policy decision-makers, service leads and the public.ObjectivesWe describe the approaches we developed and our experiences, challenges and future vision.Program implementationThe centre operated with a core team, including a public partnership group, and six experienced research groups as collaborating partners. Our rapid evidence delivery process had five stages: 1. Stakeholder engagement (continued throughout all stages); 2. Research question prioritisation; 3. Bespoke rapid evidence review methodology in a phased approach; 4. Rapid primary research; and 5. Knowledge Mobilisation to ensure the evidence was available for decision-makers.Main achievementsBetween March 2021–23 we engaged with 44 stakeholder groups, completed 35 Rapid Evidence Reviews, six Rapid Evidence Maps and 10 Rapid Evidence Summaries. We completed four primary research studies, with three published in peer reviewed journals, and seven ongoing. Our evidence informed policy decision-making and was cited in 19 Welsh Government papers. These included pandemic infection control measures, the Action Plan to tackle gender inequalities, and Education Renew and Reform policy. We conducted 24 Welsh Government evidence briefings and three public facing symposia.Policy implicationsStrong engagement with stakeholder groups, a phased rapid evidence review approach, and primary research to address key gaps in current knowledge enabled high-quality efficient, evidence outputs to be delivered to help inform Welsh policy decision-making during the pandemic. We learn from these processes to continue to deliver evidence from March 2023 as the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre, with a broader remit of health and social care, to help inform policy and practice decisions during the recovery phase and beyond.

KW - COVID-19/epidemiology

KW - Decision Making

KW - Evidence-Based Medicine

KW - Evidence-Based Practice

KW - Health Policy

KW - Humans

KW - Pandemics/prevention & control

KW - Policy Making

KW - Wales

U2 - 10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

DO - 10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1

M3 - Article

C2 - 38822437

VL - 9

SP - 18

JO - Global Health Research and Policy

JF - Global Health Research and Policy

SN - 2397-0642

IS - 1

M1 - 18

ER -