Lessons learned from Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Nutrition & Health (EVIDENT) in Africa: a project evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-informed Decision-making in Nutrition and Health (EVIDENT) is an international partnership that seeks to identify information needs in nutrition and health in Africa and build local capacity in knowledge management to help translate the best available evidence into context-appropriate recommendations aligned to the priorities of decision-makers. This study evaluates the extent to which EVIDENT achieved its intended activities, documents the lessons learned and draws on these lessons learned to inform future activities of EVIDENT, as well as in evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in nutrition overall.

Methods

Purposive and snowball sampling were used to identify participants that were either directly or indirectly involved with EVIDENT. An analytical

SUBMITTER: Motani P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357392 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature