SURE Guide 2 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 2 focuses on prioritising topics for policy briefs. Resources for producing (and using) policy briefs are almost always limited. It is therefore necessary to decide which out of all the potential issues it would be helpful to address in a policy brief. The guide provides resources to help answer the following questions to prioritise topics for a policy brief:
• Which topics will be considered?
• Which criteria will be used to set priorities?
• Who will participate in setting the priorities?
• What process will be used to set the priorities
