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esearchers’ and the public’s perspectives on evidence-based health policy:
Bridging the communication chasm
Background
EBHP is critical for increasing transparency in decision-making, ensuring effective use of resources, and building stronger
partnerships. See Figure 1.2
Objectives
• Explore researchers’ and the public’s perspectives on evidence-based health policy (EBHP)
• Relate preliminary findings to a conceptual framework from our larger study, “Perspectives and experiences on EBHP of researchers, policy-makers, HIT professionals, and the public (the KhITT framework)1”
Methods
• Exploratory qualitative study design
• Snowball sampling to recruit four researchers in academia and one member of the public (n=5)
• In-depth semi-structured interviews • Rigorous content analysis3
Key preliminary findings
1 - Mallidou, A. A., Dordunoo, D., Sadeghi-Yekta, K., Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., Asuri, S., & Fraser, J. (accepted). Perspectives and experiences of policy-makers, researchers, health-information technology professionals, and the public on
evidence-based health policies: A protocol of the KhITT framework. Journal of
Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocols. doi:10.2196/16268
2 – Baicker, K., & Chandra, A. (2017). Evidence-based health policy. The New
England Journal of Medicine, 377(25), 2413-2415. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1709816
3 – LoBiondo-Wood, G. & Harber, J. (2018). Nursing research in Canada:
Methods, critical appraisal and utilization (4th Canadian ed.). Toronto, ON:
Elsevier Canada.
Discussion
• EBHP development is a collaborative process requiring consistent communication across disciplines.
• Role clarity and mutual understanding of good quality evidence enhance the policy-making process.
• Health information technology platforms can help support
knowledge translation amongst researchers and policy-makers. • The KhITT framework facilitates transparent knowledge
dissemination and EBHP development.
Acknowledgements
References
• Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award (JCURA) 2019-20 • University of Victoria Internal Research and Creative Project
Grant (IRCPG) 2019-20 to Dr. Anastasia Mallidou • Supervisor: Dr. Mallidou, UVic School of Nursing
• Presentation at JCURA Research Fair on March 4, 2020
“I don’t think we have strengthened the connections between academia and policy makers … because we seem to be working and developing all these ideas and they seem to have the
potential to put them into play but we have walls between us”
• Inadequate understanding of roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders involved in EBHP development
• Need for further communication and collaboration to increase transparency in the policy-making process
SUBTHEME 1: Seeking role clarity
“…it’s a transformational effort for researchers, policy makers and
policy users…it’s something that
brings everyone together”
SUBTHEME 2: Exploring collaborative efforts
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“It’s not clear who we should be going to saying we found
particularly valuable evidence that could inform decision making and policy making and it just kind of gets lost in the vacuum”
THEME: Communication chasm
“Health information technology is
a communication tool…that allows for collaboration where you can
actually build and co-create policy
together” Knowledge translation Health information technology EBHP development and implementation
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Aditi Lakshmanan, BSc v Anastasia Mallidou, RN, PhD, School of Nursing
