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BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Volume 92, Issue 1, Pages 20-28Publisher
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.116806
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- European Commission FP7 programme
- Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) International Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Policies
- Canadian Institutes of Health. Research
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Objective To develop and implement a method for the evaluation of evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues that could be applied to comparative studies of similar strategies used in the support of evidence-informed policy-making. Methods Participants who read evidence briefs and attended deliberative dialogues in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia were surveyed before the start of the dialogues - to collect their views on pre-circulated evidence briefs - and at the end of the dialogues - to collect their views on the dialogues. The respondents' assessments of the briefs and dialogues and the respondents' intentions to act on what they had learned were then investigated in descriptive statistical analyses and regression models. Findings Of the 530 individuals who read the evidence briefs and attended dialogues, 304(57%) and 303(57%) completed questionnaires about the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents viewed the evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues - as well as each of their key features - very favourably, regardless of the country, issue or group involved. Overall, not concluding with recommendations and not aiming for a consensus were identified as the least helpful features of the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents generally reported strong intentions to act on what they had learnt. Conclusion Although some aspects of their design may need to be improved or, at least, explained and justified to policy-makers and stakeholders, evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues appear to be highly regarded and to lead to intentions to act.
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