SynthesisImplementation science : IS2011
Interventions encouraging the use of systematic reviews by health policymakers and managers: a systematic review.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness and acceptability of evidence synthesis summary formats for clinical guideline development groups: a mixed-methods systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2022Pooled it
- Individual and institutional capacity-building for evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran: a mix of local and global evidence.Health research policy and systems · 2022Pooled it
- Lessons learned from descriptions and evaluations of knowledge translation platforms supporting evidence-informed policy-making in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Health research policy and systems · 2020Pooled it
- The effectiveness of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in healthcare: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2017Pooled it
- The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2016Pooled it
- Improving the uptake of systematic reviews: a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and relevance.BMJ open · 2014Pooled it
- A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers.BMC health services research · 2014Pooled it
- Interventions to improve the use of systematic reviews in decision-making by health system managers, policy makers and clinicians.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Rethinking barriers and facilitators in implementation science: conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges, and ways forward.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Co-design workshops to develop evidence synthesis summary formats for use by clinical guideline development groups.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- From Chaos to Rationality: A Contingent Meta-Model for Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking in Diverse Contexts.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Article
- Applying behaviour change models to policy-making: development and validation of the Policymakers' Information Use Questionnaire (POLIQ).Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Experiences of Using Cochrane Systematic Reviews by Local HTA Units.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Review
- Assessing the impact of knowledge communication and dissemination strategies targeted at health policy-makers and managers: an overview of systematic reviews.Health research policy and systems · 2021Review
- [Promotion of physical activity among the elderly as an example of knowledge translation: How do scientific findings enter community practice?]Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Article
- Evidence synthesis summary formats for clinical guideline development group members: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol.HRB open research · 2021Article
- Use and value of systematic reviews in English local authority public health: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Organisational factors that facilitate research use in public health policy-making: a scoping review.Health research policy and systems · 2019Article
- Reporting of Financial and Non-financial Conflicts of Interest in Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research: A Cross Sectional Survey.International journal of health policy and management · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSystematic reviews have the potential to inform decisions made by health policymakers and managers, yet little is known about the impact of interventions to increase the use of systematic reviews by these groups in decision making.
methodsWe systematically reviewed the evidence on the impact of interventions for seeking, appraising, and applying evidence from systematic reviews in decision making by health policymakers or managers. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and LISA were searched from the earliest date available until April 2010. Two independent reviewers selected studies for inclusion if the intervention intended to increase seeking, appraising, or applying evidence from systematic reviews by a health policymaker or manager. Minimum inclusion criteria were a description of the study population and availability of extractable data.
results11,297 titles and abstracts were reviewed, leading to retrieval of 37 full-text articles for assessment; four of these articles met all inclusion criteria. Three articles described one study where five systematic reviews were mailed to public health officials and followed up with surveys at three months and two years. The articles reported from 23% to 63% of respondents declaring they had used systematic reviews in policymaking decisions. One randomised trial indicated that tailored messages combined with access to a registry of systematic reviews had a significant effect on policies made in the area of healthy body weight promotion in health departments.
conclusionsThe limited empirical data renders the strength of evidence weak for the effectiveness and the types of interventions that encourage health policymakers and managers to use systematic reviews in decision making.
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