Table 1 Number and percentage of participants reporting past experience with evidence-informed health policymaking
Type of participant | Experience (in past 3 months) with evidence-informed health policymaking | Number of times action was undertaken | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 + | N/A | |||||||
Policymakers (out of 14) | Participants used evidence to support health policy decisions | 3 | (21%) | 5 | (36%) | 1 | (7%) | 5 | (36%) | 0 | (0%) |
Participants spoke with researchers about the research evidence available to support policy decisions | 2 | (14%) | 5 | (36%) | 1 | (7%) | 2 | (14%) | 4 | (29%) | |
Participants spoke with journalists about the research evidence available to support policy decisions | 6 | (43%) | 3 | (21%) | 2 | (14%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (21%) | |
Researchers (out of 48) | Participants undertook activities to support health policy decisions | 6 | (13%) | 28 | (58%) | 8 | (17%) | 6 | (13%) | 0 | (0%) |
Participants spoke with policymakers about research evidence available to support health policy decisions | 10 | (21%) | 25 | (52%) | 8 | (17%) | 3 | (6%) | 2 | (4%) | |
Participants spoke with journalists about research evidence available to support reporting on health issues | 25 | (52%) | 16 | (33%) | 1 | (2%) | 2 | (4%) | 4 | (8%) | |
Journalists (out of 7) | Participants searched for evidence to support reporting on health issues | 0 | (0%) | 2 | (29%) | 3 | (43%) | 2 | (29%) | 0 | (0%) |
Participants spoke with policymakers about research evidence available to support health policy decisions | 1 | (14%) | 3 | (43%) | 2 | (29%) | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (14%) | |
Participants spoke with researchers about the research evidence available to support reporting on health issues | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (14%) | 3 | (43%) | 2 | (29%) | 1 | (14%) | |