A multi-faceted approach to promote knowledge translation platforms in eastern Mediterranean countries: climate for evidence-informed policy.

Health Research Policy and Systems
Fadi El-JardaliMaha Jaafar

Abstract

Limited work has been done to promote knowledge translation (KT) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). The objectives of this study are to: 1.assess the climate for evidence use in policy; 2.explore views and practices about current processes and weaknesses of health policymaking; 3.identify priorities including short-term requirements for policy briefs; and 4.identify country-specific requirements for establishing KT platforms. Senior policymakers, stakeholders and researchers from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen participated in this study. Questionnaires were used to assess the climate for use of evidence and identify windows of opportunity and requirements for policy briefs and for establishing KT platforms. Current processes and weaknesses of policymaking were appraised using case study scenarios. Closed-ended questions were analyzed descriptively. Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis. KT activities were not frequently undertaken by policymakers and researchers in EMR countries, research evidence about high priority policy issues was rarely made available, and interaction between policymakers and researchers was limited, and policymakers rarely ide...Continue Reading

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Jul 4, 2012·Health Research Policy and Systems·Maarten O Kok, Albertine J Schuit
Jan 21, 2014·Health Research Policy and Systems·Fadi El-JardaliNour Ataya
Sep 7, 2014·Health Research Policy and Systems·Fadi El-JardaliLana Salman
Jun 23, 2016·Israel Journal of Health Policy Research·Moriah E EllenJohn N Lavis
Oct 16, 2015·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Isabel Maria Rodrigues CraveiroGilles Dussault
Jan 11, 2019·Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research·Kasem S AkhrasSamer Kabbani
Aug 16, 2017·International Journal of Health Policy and Management·Mohammad Hasan Imani-NasabReza Majdzadeh
Sep 28, 2017·International Journal of Health Policy and Management·Vahid Yazdi FeyzabadiArash Rashidian
Jun 5, 2020·Health Research Policy and Systems·Fadi El-JardaliRacha Fadlallah

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