Evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues: perceptions and intentions to act on what was learnt

To develop and implement a method for the evaluation of "evidence briefs" and "deliberative dialogues" that could be applied to comparative studies of similar strategies used in the support of evidence-informed policy-making. Participants who read evidence briefs and attended del...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014-01, Vol.92 (1), p.20-28
Main Authors:	MOAT, Kaelan A, LAVIS, John N, CLANCY, Sarah J, EL-JARDALI, Fadi, PANTOJA, Tomas
Format:	Article
Language:	eng ; por
Subjects:	Africa Assessments Austenitic stainless steels Biological and medical sciences Burkina Faso Cameroons Comparative analysis Decision Making Developing Countries Evaluation Studies as Topic Evidence-Based Medicine - methods Evidence-Based Medicine - standards General aspects Health Policy Health Policy & Services Humans Information Dissemination - methods Knowledge Low income groups Medical research Medical sciences Miscellaneous Perception Perceptions Policy Making Polls & surveys Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Questionnaires Regression Regression analysis Stakeholders Statistical analysis Strategy Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Theory of planned behavior Translational Medical Research - methods Translational Medical Research - standards
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Summary:	To develop and implement a method for the evaluation of "evidence briefs" and "deliberative dialogues" that could be applied to comparative studies of similar strategies used in the support of evidence-informed policy-making. Participants who read evidence briefs and attended deliberative dialogues in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia were surveyed before the start of the dialogues - to collect their views on pre-circulated evidence briefs - and at the end of the dialogues - to collect their views on the dialogues. The respondents' assessments of the briefs and dialogues and the respondents' intentions to act on what they had learned were then investigated in descriptive statistical analyses and regression models. Of the 530 individuals who read the evidence briefs and attended dialogues, 304 (57%) and 303 (57%) completed questionnaires about the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents viewed the evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues - as well as each of their key features - very favourably, regardless of the country, issue or group involved. Overall, "not concluding with recommendations" and "not aiming for a consensus" were identified as the least helpful features of the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents generally reported strong intentions to act on what they had learnt. Although some aspects of their design may need to be improved or, at least, explained and justified to policy-makers and stakeholders, evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues appear to be highly regarded and to lead to intentions to act.
ISSN:	0042-9686 1564-0604