What is it about?
This practical paper outlines some of the trials and tribulations of producing policy briefs, based on real-world research. It offers several recommendations to help improve the writing and dissemination of policy briefs. The paper is published in an Open Access journal hence freely available to anybody across the globe with internet access.
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Why is it important?
An effective policy brief bridges the gap between research findings and policymaking, ensuring that evidence is presented succinctly and in a way that is accessible and usable for policymakers and relevant stakeholders. It is an important step in what is called knowledge mobilisation. However, many researchers find it hard to communicate the findings of their studies to relevant policymakers, whilst policymakers note that the evidence they need is not easily accessible and is often not presented in an accessible format. Producing policy briefs is one of the approaches which academics can use to get their research noticed by policymakers.
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This paper is based on own health, health promotion, and health systems' studies and the policy briefs we produced based on this research. In order to get your research findings known to relevant people, such as politicians and policymakers, many of these studies were summarised into policy briefs.
Prof. Edwin R van Teijlingen
Bournemouth University
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This page is a summary of: Bridging Research and Policy: Practical Tips for Writing Policy Briefs, Journal of Health Promotion, December 2025, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL),
DOI: 10.3126/jhp.v13i1.87170.
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