Week 2 (9-13 May 2022)
The people and politics of scale up
Learning objectives
After completing Week 2, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between scaling up and scaling out.
- Describe and assess ethical considerations for implementing health interventions at scale.
- Describe the importance of stakeholder engagement, identify key stakeholders, and formulate strategies to engage them.
Self-guided preparatory work
2A. Scaling up versus scaling out
Mark Huffman
2B. Case study: Institutional analysis of scaling up cardiovascular disease pharmacological management
Please note that Lecture 2B will not be available for the 2022 programme.
Seye Abimbola
2C. Stakeholders – who should be involved in scaling up?
2D. The political landscape of research translation
Please note that Lecture 2D will not be available for the 2022 programme; however, Professor Miranda will be participating in the expert panel Q&A during the Week 2 plenary session.
Jaime Miranda
2E. How to make policy changes and involve stakeholders in scaling up – from research to policy to politics
Please note that Lecture 2D will not be available for the 2022 programme; however, Professor Miranda will be participating in the expert panel Q&A during the Week 2 plenary session.
Week 2 live plenary sessions
- Date and time: Tuesday 10 May 2022, 12:00 to 14:00 UTC
- Week 2 host: Mark Huffman
- Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6305424976
| Chicago, USA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | London, UK | Nairobi, Kenya | New Delhi, India | Melbourne, Australia |
| Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Tuesday 10 May 2022 |
| 07:00 CDT (UTC -5) | 09:00 ART (UTC-3) | 13:00 BST (UTC +1) | 15:00 EAT (UTC +3) | 17:30 IST (UTC +5.5) | 22:00 AEST (UTC +10) |
Reminder: Timings are given in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). We strongly advise you to double check your local time via http://www.timeanddate.com
Week 2 group session
Date and time: Thursday 12 May 2022, variable times
- Group A: Thursday 12 May 2022 @ 04:00 UTC | Asia and Western Pacific | Zoom link
- Group B: Thursday 12 May 2022 @ 13:00 UTC | Europe and Africa | Zoom link
- Group C: Wednesday 11 May, 2022 @ 23:00 UTC | The Americas | Zoom link
Week 2 Home work
Week 2 homework task
Each team should discuss and note down potential ethical issues in the context of their project concept.
Each team should discuss and revise the proposed stakeholder engagement strategy for their project concept.
- Who on your project team will engage with which stakeholders?
- How will you engage with your stakeholders?
- When will you engage with each stakeholder group?
Each team should prepare their answers and be ready to share them orally during the Week 3 group session and can build the learning into their project concept presentation for Week 5. You do not need to submit a written paper.
Further Reading:
To learn more about stakeholder engagement and community-based participatory approaches our training programme (Session 11) provides a good overview.
For more information about GACD and relevant resources:
GACD Stakeholder engagement resources: https://gacd.org/resources/researchers-and-students/stakeholder-engagement
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