Mapping the Qualitative Evidence Base on the Use of Research Evidence in Health Policy-Making: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of research evidence in health policy-making is a popular line of inquiry for scholars of public health and policy studies, with qualitative methods constituting the dominant strategy in this area. Research on this subject has been criticized for, among other things, disproportionately focusing on high-income countries; overemphasizing 'barriers and facilitators' related to evidence use to the neglect of other, less descriptive concerns; relying on descriptive, rather than in-depth explanatory designs; and failing to draw on insights from political/policy studies theories and concepts. We aimed to comprehensively map the global, peer-reviewed qualitative literature on the use of research evidence in health policy-making and to provide a descriptive overview of th

SUBMITTER: Verboom B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808178 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature