Individual and institutional capacity-building for evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran: a mix of local and global evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing valid evidence to policy-makers is a key factor in the development of evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM). This study aims to review interventions used to promote researchers' and knowledge-producing organizations' knowledge and skills in the production and translation of evidence to policy-making and explore the interventions at the individual and institutional level in the Iranian health system to strengthen EIPM.

Methods

The study was conducted in two main phases: a systematic review and a qualitative study. First, to conduct the systematic review, the PubMed and Scopus databases were searched. Quality appraisal was done using the Joanna Briggs Institute checklists. Second, semi-structured interviews and document review were used to collect local d

SUBMITTER: Doshmangir L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature