@article{ref1,
title="Collaborative research and knowledge translation on road crashes in Burkina Faso: the police perspective 18 months on",
journal="Health research policy and systems",
year="2021",
author="Somé, Paul-André and Ridde, Valéry and Mc Sween-Cadieux, Esther and Dagenais, Christian and Bonnet, Emmanuel and Nikiema, Aude and Proulx, Michelle",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="e3-e3",
abstract="In this commentary, we present a follow-up of two articles published in 2017 and 2018 about road traffic crashes, which is an important public health issue in Africa  and Burkina Faso. The first article reported on a research project, conducted in  partnership with local actors involved in road safety, carried out in Ouagadougou in  2015. Its aim was to test the effectiveness, acceptability, and capacity of a  surveillance system to assess the number of road traffic crashes and their  consequences on the health of crash victims. Several knowledge translation  activities were carried out to maximize its impact and were reported in the 2018  article published in HRPS: monthly reports presenting the research data,  large-format printed maps distributed to the city's police stations, and a  deliberative workshop held at the end of the research project. The present  commentary presents our efforts to deepen our understanding of the impacts of the  knowledge translation strategy, based on follow-up interviews, 18 months after the  workshop, with the heads of the road traffic crash units in Ouagadougou police  stations (n = 5). Several benefits were reported by respondents. Their involvement  in the process prompted them to broaden their knowledge of other ways of dealing  with the issue of road crashes. This led them, sometimes with their colleagues, to  intervene differently: more rapid response at collision sites, increased  surveillance of dangerous intersections, user awareness-raising on the importance of  the highway code, etc. However, sustaining these actions over the longer term has  proven difficult. Several lessons were derived from this experience, regarding the  importance of producing useful and locally applicable research data, of ensuring the  acceptability of the technologies used for data collection, of using collaborative  approaches in research and knowledge translation, of ensuring the visibility of  actions undertaken by actors in the field, and of involving decision-makers in the  research process to maximize its impacts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1478-4505",
doi="10.1186/s12961-020-00654-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00654-1"
}