Table 5.

KTE research priorities for PTB

Thematic area	Individuals, families and communities	Providers	Policymakers	Across stakeholder groups
Partner engagement	Identifying and engaging with key informants and panel members	Engage with providers at each referral stage as well as in training	Understand ‘climate’ for use of research evidence	n/a
	Improve communication pathways with providers and policymakers	Learn more about how providers engage with affected lay populations and policymakers	Understand political, cultural, economic and other factors
Contextual research	Understand what the most important PTB outcomes are in this population	Assess provider knowledge of efficacious interventions for preventing PTB and caring for mothers and infants affected by PTB	Know the degree to which PTB is prioritised in the health agenda	Learn how these stakeholders understand PTB
	Know their views on the optimal way forward for changing government and other health policies to affect those outcomes	Understand provider knowledge, skills and attitudes to implement and promote KTE strategies to reduce PTB Know what barriers exist to implementing KTE strategies	Understand barriers and facilitators making it a high priority in the specific setting	Learn about overall barriers and facilitators to stakeholder uptake of PTB knowledge
KTE strategy research	For example:• Decision aids• Let pregnant women carry own case notes• Regular and frequent discussions between providers and pregnant women/mothers• Information campaigns• Evidence-based community discussions• Community-based strategies• Interactive computer-based health communication apps• Personalised risk communication• Communication before consultations	For example:• In-service training and educational meetings; educational outreach• Local opinion leaders• Audit and feedback• Tailored interventions• Computerised reminders	For example:• Evidence briefs• Deliberative dialogues based on evidence briefs• Systematic review-derived products• ‘One-stop shop’ of optimally-packaged systematic review products and other key data, online• ‘Rapid response units’• SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed health policymaking	Investigate best ways to engage in KTE across all stakeholder groups, collaborating in their respective ways for KTE around PTB
Monitoring, learning and evaluation	Pre- and post-intervention impact in terms of:	Pre- and post-intervention impact in terms of:	Pre- and post-intervention impact in terms of:	Pre- and post-intervention impact in terms of:
	1) Access to systematic review evidence on PTB in community and from providers; 2) Changes in individual and community beliefs and norms in regard to cultural relevance and effectiveness; 3) Repeated data comparisons over the long-term; and 4) Overall changes in PTB outcomes	1) Access to systematic review evidence on PTB and KTE; 2) Adoption of systematic review evidence into new practice; 3) Repeated data comparisons over the long term; and 4) Overall changes in PTB outcomes	1) Access to systematic review evidence on PTB and KTE; 2) New policies informed by systematic review evidence; 3) Repeated comparisons of policies relevant to PTB and its determinants over the long term; and 4) Overall changes in PTB outcomes	Collaborative KTE efforts across stakeholder groups
Infrastructure	Science-based public education and outreach initiatives, especially with digital and social media platforms	PTB health evidence web portal for providers, with additional components for training and other services	‘One-stop shop’ on PTB for policymakers that would include optimally packaged online systematic review products and other key data, as well as rapid response units and other capacities	n/a