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In January 2010, AHRQ requested that the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center (JHU EPC) develop and pilot test a process to identify research needs. The objectives of the project were: (1) to help AHRQ establish a standard process for identifying research needs in its evidence reports and (2) to identify and prioritize future research needs for the management of gestational diabetes.

Contents

• Preface
• External Inputs
• Executive Summary
  • Background
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
• Background
  • Objective
• Methods
  • Step 1 Identification and Abstraction of Research Gaps from Evidence Report (2008) and Five Published Manuscripts
  • Step 2 Feedback from Authors of 2008 Evidence Report
  • Step 3 Translation of Research Gaps into Researchable Questions
  • Step 4 Online and In-Person Feedback on Research Questions from Local Stakeholders
  • Step 5 Online Feedback, Consensus Development, and Prioritization of Research Questions by External Stakeholders (Delphi Approach)
  • Step 6 Prioritization of Outcomes for Key Questions I and II
  • Step 7 Refinement of Final Research Questions and Development of Conceptual Models To Display Research Gaps
  • Step 8 Evaluation of Entire Process by Evidence Report Authors, Local Stakeholders, and External Stakeholders
• Results
  • Step 1 Identification and Abstraction of Research Gaps from Evidence Report (2008) and Five Published Manuscripts
  • Step 2 Feedback from Authors of 2008 Evidence Report
  • Step 3 Translation of Research Gaps into Researchable Questions
  • Step 4 Online and In-Person Feedback on Research Questions from Local Stakeholders
  • Step 5 Online Feedback, Consensus Development, and Prioritization of Research Questions by External Stakeholders (Delphi Approach)
  • Step 6 Prioritization of Outcomes for Key Questions I and II
  • Step 7 Refinement of Final Research Questions and Development of Conceptual Models to Display Research Gaps
  • Step 8 Evaluation of Entire Process by Evidence Report Authors, Local Stakeholders, and External Stakeholders
• Discussion
  • Lessons Learned and Future Directions
• Conclusions
• References
• Abbreviations
• Appendixes
  • Appendix A Results from Step 1 (Identification and Abstraction of Research Gaps from Evidence Report (2008) and Five Published Manuscripts) and Step 2 (Feedback from Authors of 2008 Evidence Report)
  • Appendix B Results from Step 3 (Translation of Research Gaps into Researchable Questions) and Step 4 (Online and In-Person Feedback on Research Questions from Local Stakeholders)
  • Appendix C Results from Step 5 (Online Feedback, Consensus Development, and Prioritization of Research Questions by External Stakeholders (Delphi Approach))
  • Appendix D Results and Comments from External Stakeholders (Delphi Round 1)
  • Appendix E Results and Comments from External Stakeholders (Delphi Round 2)
  • Appendix F Results and Comments from External Stakeholders (Delphi Round 3)
  • Appendix G Results from Step 8 (Evaluation of Entire Process by Evidence Report Authors and Local Stakeholders)
  • Appendix H Results from Step 8 (Evaluation of Entire Process by External Stakeholders)

Acknowledgments:The Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center thanks the other authors of the 2008 evidence report on gestational diabetes, stakeholders from Johns Hopkins University, and stakeholders external to Johns Hopkins University.

AHRQ Contacts: Carolyn M Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Stephanie Chang, MD, MPH, Director, Evidence-based Practice Center Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Jean Slutsky, PA, MSPH, Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Christine Chang, MD, MPH, Task Order Officer, Evidence-based Practice Center Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Contract No. 290-2007-10061-I. Prepared by: The Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center, Baltimore, MD

Suggested citation:

Bennett WL, Nicholson WK, Saldanha IJ, Wilson LM, Mckoy NA, Robinson KA. Future Research Needs for the Management of Gestational Diabetes. Future Research Needs Paper No. 7. (Prepared by Johns Hopkins University under Contract No. 290-2007-10061-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC005-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 2010. Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

This report is based on research conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-2007-10061-I). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help health care researchers and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical research and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances.

This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for research design or funding opportunity announcements. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.

This information does not represent and should not be construed to represent a determination or policy of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

None of the investigators has any affiliations or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this report.

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