TY - JOUR
KW - General Medicine
AU - Kpokiri EE
AU - Chen E
AU - Li J
AU - Payne S
AU - Shrestha P
AU - Afsana K
AU - Amazigo U
AU - Awor P
AU - de Lavison J
AU - Khan S
AU - Mier-Alpaño J
AU - Ong A
AU - Subhedar S
AU - Wachmuth I
AU - Cuervo LG
AU - Mehta KM
AU - Halpaap B
AU - Tucker JD
AB -
Background
Social innovations in health are inclusive solutions to address the healthcare delivery gap that meet the needs of end users through a multi-stakeholder, community-engaged process. While social innovations in health have shown promise in closing the healthcare delivery gap, more research is needed to evaluate, scale up, and sustain social innovation. Research checklists can standardize and improve reporting of research findings, promote transparency, and increase replicability of study results and findings.
Methods and findings
The research checklist was developed through a 3-step community-engaged process, including a global open call for ideas, a scoping review, and a 3-round modified Delphi process. The call for entries solicited checklists and related items and was open between November 27, 2019 and February 1, 2020. In addition to the open call submissions and scoping review findings, a 17-item Social Innovation For Health Research (SIFHR) Checklist was developed based on the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) Checklist. The checklist was then refined during 3 rounds of Delphi surveys conducted between May and June 2020. The resulting checklist will facilitate more complete and transparent reporting, increase end-user engagement, and help assess social innovation projects. A limitation of the open call was requiring internet access, which likely discouraged participation of some subgroups.
Conclusions
The SIFHR Checklist will strengthen the reporting of social innovation in health research studies. More research is needed on social innovation for health.
BT - PLOS Medicine
DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003788
IS - 9
LA - eng
N2 -
Background
Social innovations in health are inclusive solutions to address the healthcare delivery gap that meet the needs of end users through a multi-stakeholder, community-engaged process. While social innovations in health have shown promise in closing the healthcare delivery gap, more research is needed to evaluate, scale up, and sustain social innovation. Research checklists can standardize and improve reporting of research findings, promote transparency, and increase replicability of study results and findings.
Methods and findings
The research checklist was developed through a 3-step community-engaged process, including a global open call for ideas, a scoping review, and a 3-round modified Delphi process. The call for entries solicited checklists and related items and was open between November 27, 2019 and February 1, 2020. In addition to the open call submissions and scoping review findings, a 17-item Social Innovation For Health Research (SIFHR) Checklist was developed based on the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) Checklist. The checklist was then refined during 3 rounds of Delphi surveys conducted between May and June 2020. The resulting checklist will facilitate more complete and transparent reporting, increase end-user engagement, and help assess social innovation projects. A limitation of the open call was requiring internet access, which likely discouraged participation of some subgroups.
Conclusions
The SIFHR Checklist will strengthen the reporting of social innovation in health research studies. More research is needed on social innovation for health.
PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PY - 2021
EP - e1003788
T2 - PLOS Medicine
TI - Social Innovation For Health Research (SIFHR): Development of the SIFHR Checklist
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003788&type=printable
VL - 18
SN - 1549-1676
ER -