Deconstructing knowledge brokering for commissioned rapid reviews: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge brokers are increasingly used by policy agencies, yet little is known about how they engage with policy-makers and facilitate discussions with them about their research needs. This study examines knowledge brokers' behaviour in one-off interactions with policy-makers commissioning rapid reviews. It describes how knowledge brokers engage with policy-makers, build trust and gain agreement about the review's parameters.

Methods

We observed and transcribed 15 structured knowledge brokering sessions and used line-by-line analysis to derive, test and refine a coding schedule. The final coding schedule was applied to all transcripts. We assigned 35 codes to three tasks identified in the data, namely eliciting information, exploring the policy context and negoti

SUBMITTER: Moore G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292028 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature