Studying policy implementation using a macro, meso and micro frame analysis: the case of the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care (CLAHRC) programme nationally and in North West London.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The publication of Best research for best health in 2006 and the "ring-fencing" of health research funding in England marked the start of a period of change for health research governance and the structure of research funding in England. One response to bridging the 'second translational gap' between research knowledge and clinical practice was the establishment of nine Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs). The goal of this paper is to assess how national-level understanding of the aims and objectives of the CLAHRCs translated into local implementation and practice in North West London.

Methods

This study uses a variation of Goffman's frame analysis to trace the development of the initial national CLAHRC policy to its impleme

SUBMITTER: Caldwell SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3503608 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature