title: [Research for decision-making: a case study in Brazil].
abstract: This article analyzes the experience of the relationship between researchers and decision-makers in a study based on the hypothesis that this relationship would favor the incorporation of research results in health policy implementation. The attempt was made to identify elements that affect the relationship according to different policy and research phases, with an emphasis on the appropriation of the results by the decision-makers. It was shown that this research model per se does not guarantee the incorporation of the results, since variables related to the political/institutional context, the decision-makers' profile, and the forms of relationship played a preponderant role in this case. In research oriented towards decision-making, the use of the results depends on the decision-making timing, the capacity for dialogue, the policy's institutionality, and the decision-makers' place in the overall political context.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. anaviana@usp.br
authors.forename: Ana Luiza d'Avila
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.forename: Cristiani Vieira
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Luciana Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Tatiana Wargas de Faria
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Maria Helena Magalhães
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Mendonça
authors.forename: Luiza Sterman
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Heimann
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001938:Brazil; D003657:Decision Making; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011050:Policy Making; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel