SURE Guide 8 is part of the SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs. The SURE Guides are intended for those people responsible for preparing and supporting the use of policy briefs and ensuring that decisions about health systems are well-informed by research evidence. The guides focus specifically on these issues in the context of African health systems and the examples used are taken from policy briefs that address important problems in African countries.
SURE Guide 8 provides guidance on informing and engaging stakeholders to ensure that appropriate policies are developed and implemented. The guide provides resources to answer the following questions:
• Which stakeholder groups should be informed and engaged in the preparation and use of a policy brief?
• What contextual factors might affect efforts to engage stakeholders?
• How will different stakeholder groups be engaged in the preparation and use of a policy brief?
• What difference will be made by informing and engaging stakeholders and how will this difference be evaluated?
