Table 2 Structured priority setting methodologies
Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED) | • Defines who sets priorities and how to get participants involved, the potential functions, roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders, information and criteria for setting priorities, strategies for implementation and indicators for evaluation |
|---|---|
|  | • Specifies broad research avenues |
Combined Approach Matrix (CAM) | • Systematic classification, organization and presentation of large body of information |
|  | • Incorporates many dimensions |
|  | • Recently included gender and poverty dimensions |
|  | • Specifies broad research avenues |
|  | • Identifies gaps in knowledge and future challenges |
|  | • CAM can be applied at the level of disease, risk factor, group or condition, and also at local, national, or international level |
Child Health Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) | • Principles of legitimacy and fairness |
|  | • Detailed listing of individual questions |
|  | • Individual questions scored against pre-defined criteria. Technical experts independently score each research option |
|  | • Stakeholder input is sought and used to provide relative weight of the criteria |