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Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (2015) / Chapter Skim
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6 Connecting Research, Practice, and Policy
Pages 57-60

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... Speaker Jessie Mbwambo, a researcher from Muhimbili University, mentioned that for too long in the region, researchers have completed their data collection and analysis and essentially moved on to their next p ­ roject or study, simply expecting that the results will be taken up by community workers or policy makers. This approach is ineffective and unsustain­ able.
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From page 58...
... enough to get the response that we are looking for, we must start to speak to the politicians, or rather to the things that are important for politicians." This necessitates that researchers and those working in public health take the time to deliver tailored and unified messages to their policy makers that have, as workshop speaker Jacquelyn Campbell summarized, "clear, articulate messages .
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From page 59...
... In addition to the actual costs of a given intervention, many speakers highlighted the need to address or calculate the costs to society of IPV -- that is the cost of doing nothing -- which could also be persuasive to policy makers. These costs and considerations would likely be expansive in nature given the broad reach of IPV and its effects, including criminal justice costs, health care costs, and costs to families and communities.
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From page 60...
... Additionally, Kilonzo noted that this approach can help individuals focus on the top challenges for IPV prevention and focus on implementing targeted and effective solutions together instead of a more piecemeal approach. She went on to explain that this could also result in a more concentrated use of available funding streams, allowing for more money to be put toward priority objectives, while those issues identified as less urgent can be moved to the backburner for future research and intervention programming efforts.
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