Integrating Public and Ecosystem Health Systems to Foster Resilience: A Workshop to Identify Research to Bridge the Knowledge-to-Action Gap Proceedings of a Workshop (2023) / Chapter Skim
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8 Crafting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Knowledge Generation That Informs Action
8 Crafting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Knowledge Generation That Informs Action
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Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children's Hospital, introduced the session with the story of rapamycin, a drug that prevents transplanted organ rejection and plays an essential role in the use of cardiac stents (Halford, 2016; Kahan, 2003)
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One project to come out of this initiative -- a collaboration among Seattle Children's Hospital, the University of Washington, and the Trust for Public Land -- focused on greening school yards in Tacoma, Washington.2 Lawler explained that this project involves bringing a community together to design a green school yard and examining how the design works, how well it works, and how well it serves the community. In addition, the study is looking at whether that greening affects the academic performance of the students and the mental and physical health of the people in the surrounding neighborhood.
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Many FDA-approved drugs come from plants, botanicals are sold to the public as dietary supplements, and botanicals in their raw form have uses in traditional medical practices. FDA does not have the authority to review dietary supplement products for safety and effectiveness before they are marketed, and by the time FDA gets involved, a botanical supplement may have harmed people (Jafari, 2021)
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For the Girl Scout project, the funder had a goal and already has a mechanism in place to scale it. For the school yard greening project, the Trust for Public Lands was already greening school yards in many places and wanted the Tacoma collaboration to provide more information about how that effort was working and what elements might be the most effective for improving health.
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Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, responded to Lawler's comment by noting that some progress resulted from that meeting, including the formation of national and regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers6 that are embedded in universities. These centers bring together scientists from government and universities, along with wildlife managers and the local communities, to conduct research and translate the findings into adaptation strategies for wildlife.
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This approach recognizes, for example, that getting rid of fentanyl or heroin will not happen; the focus could be shifted to reducing harms such as needle-borne diseases by setting up safe injection sites, needle exchange programs, and addiction recovery programs. In his view, lessons from harm reduction could help advance an action agenda.
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Discussion with the Plenary Speakers and Panelists Bernstein asked the panelists to talk about the features of a research agenda, other than the human element, that may influence policy makers, conservation practices, or other relevant outcomes. Vora suggested that it is important to put people at the center of any research agenda, which means the design process should be intentionally inclusive from the outset.
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For example, the Dutch Science Foundation requires that a proposal include collaborators throughout the knowledge chain, including active practitioners. Sarah Olson, from the Wildlife Conservation Society, commented that this field is using a theory of change that proposes research on a diverse and increasingly rich list of how nature affects health and how that information can subsequently inform policy makers to effect change.
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Lawler replied that graduate students are receiving more training in science communication, and boundary-spanning and communication-focused organizations such as COMPASS10 will be key in any communication effort because they have the time and communication skills that the research community may not possess. Stephen commented that it is important to define what advocacy means.
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