title: Developing a spinal cord injury research strategy using a structured process of evidence review and stakeholder dialogue. Part II: Background to a research strategy.
abstract: METHODS
  Literature review/semi-structured interviews.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a spinal cord injury (SCI) research strategy for Australia and New Zealand.
  
  
  METHODS
  Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The National Trauma Research Institute Forum approach of structured evidence review and stakeholder consultation was employed. This involved gathering from published literature and stakeholder consultation the information necessary to properly consider the challenge, and synthesising this into a briefing document.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A research strategy 'roadmap' was developed to define the major steps and key planning questions to consider; next, evidence from published SCI research strategy initiatives was synthesised with information from four one-on-one semi-structured interviews with key SCI research stakeholders to create a research strategy framework, articulating six key themes and associated activities for consideration. These resources, combined with a review of SCI prioritisation literature, were used to generate a list of draft principles for discussion in a structured stakeholder dialogue meeting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research strategy roadmap and framework informed discussion at a structured stakeholder dialogue meeting of 23 participants representing key SCI research constituencies, results of which are published in a companion paper. These resources could also be of value in other research strategy or planning exercises.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This project was funded by the Victorian Transport Accident Commission and the Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Network.
authors.affiliation: National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bragge
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: John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Middleton
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, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.affiliation: Spinal Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gruen
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries