Policy Engagement & External Relations

Together, we can help you engage with the right stakeholders and effectively communicate your findings and expertise to inform and transform health policy and practice

IHPI’s Policy Engagement & External Relations team assists IHPI members who seek to have a greater impact on health policy and practice through their research. We offer members advice, strategies, and tools around policy engagement. Specifically, we can help you to:

Effectively communicate your research

Translate your findings and outline policy options

Identify and connect with the right audiences

Connect with policymakers, associations, professional societies, insurers, and other stakeholders

Disseminate your findings

Develop targeted dissemination plans and outreach strategies to share your findings and expertise

Advise you on policy-relevant products

Develop one-pagers and policy briefs that are engaging and easy to digest (joint IHPI Policy Engagement/Communications effort)

Elevate
your expertise

Identify opportunities such as fellowships and advisory committees at the local, state, and federal levels and policy-related events

Engage with Policy Audiences

Prepare for policy meetings and testimony, get advice on commenting on policy proposals, and more

Policy engagement opportunities and resources

Policy Sprints

Apply for IHPI funding to undertake rapid analyses to address an important health policy question and produce a product that contributes to policy conversations and informs decision-making at the local, state, or national level. IHPI Policy Engagement and Communications staff help crystallize key study takeaways and policy implications, develop policy-relevant products, and create targeted dissemination plans.

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Policy Engagement Tools

Check out our Policy Engagement & Communications Resource Guides for tools and advice for preparing for meetings with policymakers, sharing testimony, writing issue briefs, submitting public comments, and more.
Health Policy Training & Engagement Opportunities

Impact Accelerator Program: Policy and Communications Training

This annual training program is designed to prepare IHPI members to understand today’s policy and communications landscape and translate research findings for greater impact. Offered annually in May and applications are required.

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Policy Impact Award

This annual award is given to select IHPI members to recognize their contributions and impacts on health policy or practice at the local, state, national, or international level.

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