TELUQ University Details Findings in Research and Policy (Essential Skills for Using Research Evidence In Public Health Policy: a Systematic Review): Research and Policy

2022 JAN 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Research and Policy are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Quebec City, Canada, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Decisions related to the development and implementation of public health programmes or policies can benefit from more effective use of the best available knowledge. However, decision makers do not always feel sufficiently equipped or may lack the capacity to use evidence.”

Financial support for this research came from Fonds de recherche du Quebec-Societe et Culture (FRQ-SC).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from TELUQ University, “This can lead them to overlook or set aside research results that could be relevant to their practice area. Aims and objectives: The objective of this systematic review was to synthesise the essential skills that facilitate the use of research evidence by public health decision makers. Thirty-nine articles that met our inclusion criteria were included. An inductive approach was used to extract data on evidence-informed decision-making-related skills and data were synthesised as a narrative review. The analysis revealed three categories of skills that are essential for evidence-informed decision-making process: interpersonal, cognitive, and leadership and influencing skills. Such cross-sectoral skills are essential for identifying, obtaining, synthesising, and integrating sound research results into the decision-making process. The results of this systematic review will help direct capacity-building efforts towards enhancing research evidence use by public health decision makers, such as developing different types of training that would be relevant to their needs. Also, when considering the evidence-informed decision-making skills development, there are several useful and complementary approaches to link research most effectively to action.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “On one hand, it is important not only to support decision makers at the individual level through skills development, but also to provide them with a day-to-day environment that is conducive to evidence use.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Essential Skills for Using Research Evidence In Public Health Policy: a Systematic Review. Evidence & Policy A Journal of Research Debate and Practice, 2021;17(4):567-591. Evidence & Policy A Journal of Research Debate and Practice can be contacted at: Policy Press, Univ Bristol, 1-9 Old Park Hill, Bristol BS2 8BB, England.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Saliha Ziam, TELUQ University, Quebec City, Pq, Canada. Additional authors for this research include Pierre Gignac, Elodie Courant and Esther Mc Sween-Cadieux.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16250726996691. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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