Table 3 Descriptive overview
| Â | Total (n, %) |
|---|---|
Types of knowledge | |
 Scientific (epistemic) | 37 (72%) |
 Technical (pragmatic, skill based) | 10 (19%) |
 Unspecified | 10 (19%) |
Source of knowledge | |
 Research | 27 (51%) |
 Routine data collection | 15 (28%) |
 Survey data | 12 (23%) |
 Advice | 11 (23%) |
 Economic evaluation | 4 (8%) |
 Reports | 4 (8%) |
 Civic participation | 4 (8%) |
Actors | |
 Health officials | 43 (81%) |
 Civil society | 21 (40%) |
 International stakeholders | 19 (36%) |
 Academics | 17 (32%) |
 In-country programmes or projects | 12 (25%) |
 Technical advisory groups | 11 (21%) |
 Think tanks | 2 (4%) |
 Media | 2 (4%) |
 Unspecified | 2 (4%) |
Dimensions of institutionalisation | |
 Normative (certification, accreditation, norm) | 46 (89%) |
 Cultural–cognitive (beliefs, axioms, scripts) | 16 (30%) |
 Regulative (rules, laws, sanctions) | 8 (15%) |
Demonstrated outcomes and impacts | |
 Health system outcomes | 24 (45%) |
 Health impacts | 7 (13%) |