title: Developing a spinal cord injury research strategy using a structured process of evidence review and stakeholder dialogue. Part III: outcomes.
abstract: METHODS
  Focus Group.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a unified, regional spinal cord injury (SCI) research strategy for Australia and New Zealand.
  
  
  METHODS
  Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 1-day structured stakeholder dialogue was convened in 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, by the National Trauma Research Institute in collaboration with the SCI Network of Australia and New Zealand. Twenty-three experts participated, representing local and international research, clinical, consumer, advocacy, government policy and funding perspectives. Preparatory work synthesised evidence and articulated draft principles and options as a starting point for discussion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A regional SCI research strategy was proposed, whose objectives can be summarised under four themes. (1) Collaborative networks and strategic partnerships to increase efficiency, reduce duplication, build capacity and optimise research funding. (2) Research priority setting and coordination to manage competing studies. (3) Mechanisms for greater consumer engagement in research. (4) Resources and infrastructure to further develop SCI data registries, evaluate research translation and assess alignment of research strategy with stakeholder interests. These are consistent with contemporary international SCI research strategy development activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This first step in a regional SCI research strategy has articulated objectives for further development by the wider SCI research community. The initiative has also reinforced the importance of coordinated, collective action in optimising outcomes following SCI.
authors.affiliation: John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.affiliation: National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3895-8145
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piccenna
authors.affiliation: National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Monash University, Melboume, Victoria, Australia.|Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lindsay Gruen
authors.affiliation: The Spinal Cord Injury Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Creasey
authors.affiliation: Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.affiliation: The Spinal Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Austin Health), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.affiliation: Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Berlowitz
authors.affiliation: State Rehabilitation Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coates
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Furness
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Galea
authors.affiliation: Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geraghty
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urquhart
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine, Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.affiliation: National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bragge
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D012107:Research Design; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries