How is the use of research evidence in health policy perceived? A comparison between the reporting of researchers and policy-makers

Autor: Robin Berglas, Einav Horowitz, Moriah E. Ellen, John N. Lavis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Process (engineering)
media_common.quotation_subject
Decision Making
Researcher
Health administration
Translational Research
Biomedical
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Perception
medicine
Humans
Evidence-informed policy-making
030212 general & internal medicine
Cooperative Behavior
Israel
Policy Making
Health policy
media_common
Evidence-Based Medicine
business.industry
Communication
Research
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Administrative Personnel
Health services research
lcsh:RA1-1270
Health Services
Public relations
Research Personnel
Cross-Sectional Studies
Knowledge
Attitude
Work (electrical)
Policy-maker
Health Services Research
0305 other medical science
Psychology
business
Knowledge transfer and exchange
Delivery of Health Care
Knowledge transfer
Zdroj: Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Health Research Policy and Systems
ISSN: 1478-4505
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-018-0345-6
Popis: Background The use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) to inform health policy-making is an international challenge. Incorporating HPSR into decision-making primarily involves two groups, namely researchers (knowledge producers) and policy-makers (knowledge users). The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of Israeli health systems and policy researchers and health services policy-makers regarding the role of HPSR, factors influencing its uses and potential facilitators and barriers to HPSR, and implementation of knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities. Methods A cross-sectional survey was administered to researchers and policy-makers in Israel. The survey consisted of seven closed questions. Descriptive analyses were carried out for closed-ended questions and comparative analysis were conducted between groups using the χ2 test. Results A total of 37 researchers and 32 policy-makers responded to the survey. While some views were in alignment, others showed differences. More policy-makers than researchers perceived that the use of HPSR in policy was hindered by practical implementation constraints, whereas more researchers felt that its use was hindered by a lack of coordination between knowledge producers and users. A larger percentage of policy-makers, as compared to researchers, reported that facilitators to the KTE process are in place and a larger percentage of researchers perceived barriers within the KTE environment. A larger percentage of policy-makers perceived KTE activities were in place as compared to researchers. Results also showed large differences in the perceptions of the two groups regarding policy formulation and which organisations they perceived as exerting strong influence on policy-making. Conclusions This research demonstrated that there are differences in the perceptions of knowledge producers and users about the process of KTE. Future work should focus on minimising the challenges highlighted here and implementing new KTE activities. These activities could include making the researchers aware of the most effective manner in which to package their results, providing training to policy-makers and assuring that policy-makers have technical access to appropriate databases to search for HPSR. These results underscore the need for the groups to communicate and clarify to each other what they can offer and what they require. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12961-018-0345-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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