Examining and Contextualizing Approaches to Establish Policy Support Organizations - A Mixed Method Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been an increase in the number of policy support organizations (PSOs) that have been created to foster the systematic use of evidence in health system policymaking. Our aim was to identify approaches for establishing a PSO or similar entities by soliciting insights from those with practical experience with developing and operationalizing PSOs in real-world contexts.

Methods

We used a sequential mixed method approached. We first conducted a survey to identify the views and experiences of those who were directly involved in the establishment of PSOs that have been developed and implemented across a variety of political-, health- and research-system contexts. The survey findings were then used to develop a purposive sample of PSO leaders and refine an inter

SUBMITTER: Al Sabahi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808249 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature