Table 2.

Summary of frameworks for conducting health research priority setting

Framework	Year	Organizationa	Countrya	Principles/values/ characteristics	Stakeholders	Scope	Outline of process	Output
James Lind Alliance (JLA) [5]	2004	National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)	UK	Partnership	Patients, caregivers, clinicians	Diagnosis, intervention, care and support	Gather priorities (survey) Process and verify Conduct Interim priority setting (survey) Conduct final priority setting (workshops using nominal group technique)	Top 10 research questions for funders
Council on Health Research for Development Essential National Health Research (COHRED/ENHR) [39]	2000	Council on Health Research for Development	International	Inclusivity, involvement of a broad range of stakeholders, multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial, partnership, participatory and transparent, systematic analysis of health needs, societal and professional expectations	Researchers, decision-makers, health service providers, communities	–	Establish criteria Identify research areas (brainstorming, voting, nominal group technique, roundtable etc) Score against criteria (survey)	–
Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) [41, 46]	2007	Global Forum for Health Research	International	Systematic, fair, transparent	Investors in health research, researchers, general public	Fundamental, translation, implementation	Discuss criteria Select useful and important criteria Score against criteria (survey) Elicit stakeholder input (reference group) Adjust scores with stakeholder input	–
Dialogue Model [36]	2007	VU University	The Netherlands	Participatory, respect for experiential knowledge, dialogue between different stakeholders, emergent and flexible design	Patients, researchers, health professionals		Explore (informal discussion) Consult (separate stakeholder consultations, focus groups, interviews, other methods) Prioritize (survey, focus group, Delphi technique) Integrate (meeting)	–

^aRefers to developers