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Table 2 Potential facilitators and barriers to the use and implementation of knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities

From: How is the use of research evidence in health policy perceived? A comparison between the reporting of researchers and policy-makers

Factors

Researchers

Policy-makers

χ2 test for independence

Percentage agree or strongly agree

χ2(1)

Facilitators

 National funders formulate their priorities and calls for proposals in response to national and regional needs

59

78

2.376

 Personal and organisational contacts among policy-makers were quite stable over time

43

61

1.946

 Funding sources (e.g. granting agencies) consider KTE activities an allowable expense

43

65

3.001

 Policy-makers have access to technical support for acquiring, assessing and applying health policy and systems research (HPSR)

42

68

4.555*

 Structures and processes exist to link you with policy-makers

38

68

6.039*

 National funding sources encourage KTE activities

38

70

6.869**

 Policy-makers invest financial and/or human resources in KTE activities

22

42

3.261

 Policy-makers create opportunities to develop joint HPSR research initiatives with them

22

45

4.271*

Barriers

 Policy-makers lack the expertise for acquiring, assessing and applying HPSR research

59

31

5.274*

 Priorities in the health system draw attention away from HPSR research

59

43

1.727

 Policy-makers do not make decisions on the basis of HPSR research

51

24

5.043*

 Policy-makers do not have technical access (i.e. journal subscriptions, links to research) to the appropriate databases to search for HPSR research

32

10

4.798*

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01