Using media to impact health policy-making: an integrative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Media interventions can potentially play a major role in influencing health policies. This integrative systematic review aimed to assess the effects of planned media interventions-including social media-on the health policy-making process.

Methods

Eligible study designs included randomized and non-randomized designs, economic studies, process evaluation studies, stakeholder analyses, qualitative methods, and case studies. We electronically searched Medline, EMBASE, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the WHO Global Health Library. We followed standard systematic review methodology for study selection, data abstraction, and risk of bias assessment.

Results

Twenty-one studies met our eligibility criteri

SUBMITTER: Bou-Karroum L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5395744 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature