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  • Public Health
  • Health Protection
  • Capacity Building

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  • The Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT IT) is a 10-year-old capacity-building program focused on operational research skills in low- and middle-income countries.
  • Public Health England (PHE) seeks to integrate a research culture among frontline staff.
  • The SORT IT program was modified for PHE North West (PHE NW) health protection professionals to enhance skills in data analysis for evidence-based decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt and implement the SORT IT program within a high-income country's health protection agency.
  • To train frontline health protection professionals in collating, analyzing, and interpreting routinely collected data.
  • To foster evidence-informed decision-making within PHE NW.

Main Methods:

  • Six participants from PHE NW attended a two-module SORT IT course in 2018.
  • Participants completed research papers on various public health topics.
  • The program combined theoretical learning with practical application ('learning with doing').

Main Results:

  • Five participants successfully completed research papers, generating new evidence on topics including influenza-like illness in care homes, blood-borne virus screening, vaccine uptake, and waste management fires.
  • The SORT IT course facilitated the production of new evidence to inform health protection practices.
  • PHE NW agreed to continue the SORT IT program with two courses per year.

Conclusions:

  • The SORT IT program's 'learning with doing' model is adaptable and effective in high-income country settings.
  • The initiative successfully enhanced research capacity among frontline health protection professionals.
  • The program generated valuable new evidence applicable to health protection practice.