NIHR CORE Data-Driven Advocacy Course

As part of the Training and Capacity Building component of the CORE programme, the University of Sydney delivered a Data-Driven Advocacy Course for early-career researchers and postgraduate students from across the CORE programme countries, including Brazil, Colombia, India and Kenya. The course focused on strengthening participants’ ability to use oral health data and research evidence to inform policy and advocacy, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts.

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The course combined self-guided online learning with practical activities centred around an applied public health case study. Participants explored how epidemiological and statistical concepts, causal inference, simulation modelling and approaches to analysing health inequalities can be used to understand oral health challenges and assess policy-based interventions. The learning activities encouraged participants to move beyond interpreting data to considering how evidence can be effectively communicated and translated into meaningful, equity-oriented advocacy.

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The course provided an opportunity for participants from different countries and research backgrounds to develop practical analytical and advocacy skills while learning from an international teaching team.