Stakeholders' experiences with the evidence aid website to support 'real-time' use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones: a user testing study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Humanitarian action in crisis zones is fraught with many challenges, including lack of timely and accessible research evidence to inform decision-making about humanitarian interventions. Evidence websites have the potential to address this challenge. Evidence Aid is the only evidence website designed for crisis zones that focuses on providing research evidence in the form of systematic reviews. The objective of this study is to explore stakeholders' views of Evidence Aid, contributing further to our understanding of the use of research evidence in decision-making in crisis zones. METHODS:We designed a qualitative user-testing study to collect interview data from stakeholders about their impressions of Evidence Aid. Eligible stakeholders included those with and without previous e

SUBMITTER: Khalid AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6936118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature