Barriers and facilitators to promoting evidence uptake in Chinese medicine: a qualitative study in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the World Health Organization's recommendation, policy makers have been adopting evidence-based healthcare approach to promote the development of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) into Hong Kong's health system. Disseminating synopses of clinical evidence from systematic reviews or randomized trials is regarded as a potentially effective strategy to promote evidence uptake. The study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing this strategy among Hong Kong Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs).

Methods

Twenty-five CMPs aged under 45 years and trained in Hong Kong after reunification with China in 1997 were interviewed individually. Four clinical evidence synopses of randomized trials and systematic reviews on

SUBMITTER: Wong CHL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280573 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature