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Table 1 Findings from coding articles

From: Climate for evidence-informed health systems: A print media analysis in 44 low- and middle-income countries that host knowledge-translation platforms

Category

Topic

Africa

Americas

Asia

Eastern Mediterranean

Total

Policy priorities

Groups attributing priorities to the government

     
 

   Government officials

98

5

77

28

208

 

   Researchers

2

0

3

1

6

 

   Stakeholders

15

1

6

5

27

 

Articles mentioning specific targets

27

0

12

11

50

 

All articles describing specific policy priorities in the health sector

125

6

89

44

264

Health research evidence

Topics of research studies||

     
 

   Articles describing infectious disease research

275

121

132

55

583

 

HIV/AIDS

188

30

26

14

258

 

Malaria

49

5

2

1

57

 

Tuberculosis

14

7

8

5

34

 

Avian influenza

1

0

23

0

24

 

Hepatitis (A, B, C)

2

4

11

1

18

 

Schistosomiasis

2

4

4

0

10

 

Chagas disease

0

7

0

0

7

 

Dengue fever

0

2

2

0

4

 

Other

34

67

70

35

206

 

   Articles describing chronic disease research

11

103

218

60

392

 

Cancer

5

29

113

18

165

 

Cardiovascular diseases

1

17

37

11

66

 

Diabetes

2

17

16

6

41

 

Obesity

0

13

18

1

32

 

Neurodegenerative disorders

0

6

13

0

19

 

Other

6

28

41

28

103

 

   Other research topics:

     
 

Reproductive health

61

48

38

36

183

 

Mental health¶

14

45

28

9

96

 

Nutrition

15

26

35

16

92

 

Sexual health¶

10

6

18

13

47

 

Complementary and alternative medicine¶

3

3

24

0

30

 

Health systems¶

10

3

11

3

27

 

Other

55

99

211

59

424

 

All articles specifying the topics of their research studies

389

356

523

200

1468

 

Location of researchers described in articles

     
 

   Within jurisdiction

144

279

380

137

940

 

   Outside jurisdiction

142

75

117

46

380

 

All articles specifying the location of researchers

259

342

466

174

1241

 

Types of studies

     
 

   Systematic reviews

3

11

11

6

31

 

   Randomized control trials

36

32

16

31

115

 

   Observational studies

30

66

67

22

185

 

   Studies in basic science

3

60

148

15

226

 

   Other

5

11

7

0

23

 

All articles specifying the types of studies

77

175

243

74

569

Policy dialogues

Articles mentioning the participation of the following groups in policy dialogues

     
 

   Government officials

154

8

101

24

287

 

   Researchers

19

0

7

1

27

 

   Stakeholders

151

8

100

24

283

 

Articles describing policy dialogues that resulted in policy recommendations or agreements to action

48

4

32

10

94

 

All articles describing policy dialogues that address health issues

154

8

104

24

290

  1. ||Articles could be coded to multiple topics
  2. ¶These topics were coded thematically
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