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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Kathrynen_US
dc.contributor.authorInnvær, Simonen_US
dc.contributor.authorLorenc, Theoen_US
dc.contributor.authorWoodman, Jennyen_US
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Jamesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-03T11:35:42Z
dc.date.available2014-04-03T11:35:42Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationOliver, K., Innvar, S., Lorenc, T., Woodman, J., & Thomas, J. (2014). A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers. BMC health services research, 14(1), 2.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1120594en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/1952
dc.description.abstractBackground The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers, and assess the state of research in this area, we updated a systematic review. Methods Systematic review. We searched online databases including Medline, Embase, SocSci Abstracts, CDS, DARE, Psychlit, Cochrane Library, NHSEED, HTA, PAIS, IBSS (Search dates: July 2000 - September 2012). Studies were included if they were primary research or systematic reviews about factors affecting the use of evidence in policy. Studies were coded to extract data on methods, topic, focus, results and population. Results 145 new studies were identified, of which over half were published after 2010. Thirteen systematic reviews were included. Compared with the original review, a much wider range of policy topics was found. Although still primarily in the health field, studies were also drawn from criminal justice, traffic policy, drug policy, and partnership working. The most frequently reported barriers to evidence uptake were poor access to good quality relevant research, and lack of timely research output. The most frequently reported facilitators were collaboration between researchers and policymakers, and improved relationships and skills. There is an increasing amount of research into new models of knowledge transfer, and evaluations of interventions such as knowledge brokerage. Conclusions Timely access to good quality and relevant research evidence, collaborations with policymakers and relationship- and skills-building with policymakers are reported to be the most important factors in influencing the use of evidence. Although investigations into the use of evidence have spread beyond the health field and into more countries, the main barriers and facilitators remained the same as in the earlier review. Few studies provide clear definitions of policy, evidence or policymaker. Nor are empirical data about policy processes or implementation of policy widely available. It is therefore difficult to describe the role of evidence and other factors influencing policy. Future research and policy priorities should aim to illuminate these concepts and processes, target the factors identified in this review, and consider new methods of overcoming the barriers described.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC health services research;14(1)en_US
dc.subjectPolicymakersen_US
dc.subjectFacilitatorsen_US
dc.subjectSystematic reviewen_US
dc.subjectPoliciesen_US
dc.titleA systematic review of Barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakersen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.version© 2014 Oliver et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-2


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