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Table 1 Characterisation of the institutional and ideational factors related to the health policy issue

From: The many meanings of evidence: a comparative analysis of the forms and roles of evidence within three health policy processes in Cambodia

Health policy area

Established dominant stakeholders

Institutional interests and logics

Nature of evidence used

Types

Topic

Source

Tobacco control

Industry, Ministry of Economy and Finance

Financial importance of tobacco for agriculture sector and national economy

- Regional surveys - Epidemiological - Economic

- Health - Health - Finance

- Local government, - Global repositories - Local sources

HIV/AIDS

International donors

Hierarchy of evaluation evidence; importance of achieving global targets

- Epidemiological - Economic - Pilot studies - Narrative

- Health - Finance - Health - Social

- Global, local sources - Local sources - Local sources - Citizens

Performance-based financing – Government Midwifery Incentive Scheme

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Prime Minister

Importance of achieving global targets; importance of achieving national implementation

- Pilot studies - Epidemiological

- Health - Health

- Local (government, NGO) - Local sources