Table 5 How the ACE tool may be useful to different stakeholders

Citizens and the public

Supports the use in consultations and decisions of a wider range of sources of citizen views and perspectives

Health workers

Supports the use in consultations and decisions of a wider range of sources of health worker views and perspectives

Programme managers

Contributes to improving the content of programme reports and to facilitating critical appraisal of these sources

Evidence synthesis authors

Facilitates appropriate inclusion of unconventional source materials in syntheses (for example, those addressing questions such as the acceptability and feasibility of interventions and programmes, their equity and human rights impacts, and factors affecting their implementation), including in assessments of how much confidence to place in this evidence

Decision-makers at global, national and sub-national levels

Provides a structured and transparent assessment of the limitations of information from unconventional source materials contributing to a decision-making process, facilitating better use of this information

Staff of multilateral and bilateral agencies, global NGOs

Helps those developing and applying knowledge translation tools for guideline/guidance adaptation and adoption to understand strengths and limitations of the unconventional sources that they are using

Implementers at national and sub-national levels

Facilitates appropriate use of information from unconventional source materials in implementation planning