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* |