Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada.
<h4>Background</h4> <p>Health systems worldwide struggle to identify, adopt, and implement in a timely and system-wide manner the best—evidence-informed—policy-level practices. Yet, there is still only limited evidence about individual and institutional best practices for fosterin...
| Հիմնական հեղինակներ: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Ձևաչափ: | Journal article |
| Լեզու: | English |
| Հրապարակվել է: |
BioMed Central
2017
|
| _version_ | 1826270471518158848 |
|---|---|
| author | Contandriopoulos, D Benoît, F Bryant-Lukosius, D Carrier, A Carter, N Deber, R Duhoux, A Greenhalgh, T Larouche, C Leclerc, B Levy, A Martin-Misener, R Maximova, K McGrail, K Nykiforuk, C Roos, N Schwartz, R Valente, T Wong, S Lindquist, E Pullen, C Lardeux, A Perroux, M |
| author_facet | Contandriopoulos, D Benoît, F Bryant-Lukosius, D Carrier, A Carter, N Deber, R Duhoux, A Greenhalgh, T Larouche, C Leclerc, B Levy, A Martin-Misener, R Maximova, K McGrail, K Nykiforuk, C Roos, N Schwartz, R Valente, T Wong, S Lindquist, E Pullen, C Lardeux, A Perroux, M |
| author_sort | Contandriopoulos, D |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | <h4>Background</h4> <p>Health systems worldwide struggle to identify, adopt, and implement in a timely and system-wide manner the best—evidence-informed—policy-level practices. Yet, there is still only limited evidence about individual and institutional best practices for fostering the use of scientific evidence in policy-making processes The present project is the first national-level attempt to (1) map and structurally analyze—quantitatively—health-relevant policymaking networks that connect evidence production, synthesis, interpretation, and use; (2) qualitatively investigate the interaction patterns of a subsample of actors with high centrality metrics within these networks to develop an in-depth understanding of evidence circulation processes; and (3) combine these findings in order to assess a policy network’s “absorptive capacity” regarding scientific evidence and integrate them into a conceptually sound and empirically grounded framework.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>The project is divided into two research components. The first component is based on quantitative analysis of ties (relationships) that link nodes (participants) in a network. Network data will be collected through a multi-step snowball sampling strategy. Data will be analyzed structurally using social network mapping and analysis methods. The second component is based on qualitative interviews with a subsample of the Web survey participants having central, bridging, or atypical positions in the network. Interviews will focus on the process through which evidence circulates and enters practice. Results from both components will then be integrated through an assessment of the network’s and subnetwork’s effectiveness in identifying, capturing, interpreting, sharing, reframing, and recodifying scientific evidence in policy-making processes.</p> <h4>Discussion</h4> <p>Knowledge developed from this project has the potential both to strengthen the scientific understanding of how policy-level knowledge transfer and exchange functions and to provide significantly improved advice on how to ensure evidence plays a more prominent role in public policies.</p> |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:41:21Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:480d065b-df23-4c85-9ad3-a49c56e086f5 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:41:21Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | BioMed Central |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:480d065b-df23-4c85-9ad3-a49c56e086f52022-03-26T15:23:25ZStructural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:480d065b-df23-4c85-9ad3-a49c56e086f5EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordBioMed Central2017Contandriopoulos, DBenoît, FBryant-Lukosius, DCarrier, ACarter, NDeber, RDuhoux, AGreenhalgh, TLarouche, CLeclerc, BLevy, AMartin-Misener, RMaximova, KMcGrail, KNykiforuk, CRoos, NSchwartz, RValente, TWong, SLindquist, EPullen, CLardeux, APerroux, M <h4>Background</h4> <p>Health systems worldwide struggle to identify, adopt, and implement in a timely and system-wide manner the best—evidence-informed—policy-level practices. Yet, there is still only limited evidence about individual and institutional best practices for fostering the use of scientific evidence in policy-making processes The present project is the first national-level attempt to (1) map and structurally analyze—quantitatively—health-relevant policymaking networks that connect evidence production, synthesis, interpretation, and use; (2) qualitatively investigate the interaction patterns of a subsample of actors with high centrality metrics within these networks to develop an in-depth understanding of evidence circulation processes; and (3) combine these findings in order to assess a policy network’s “absorptive capacity” regarding scientific evidence and integrate them into a conceptually sound and empirically grounded framework.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>The project is divided into two research components. The first component is based on quantitative analysis of ties (relationships) that link nodes (participants) in a network. Network data will be collected through a multi-step snowball sampling strategy. Data will be analyzed structurally using social network mapping and analysis methods. The second component is based on qualitative interviews with a subsample of the Web survey participants having central, bridging, or atypical positions in the network. Interviews will focus on the process through which evidence circulates and enters practice. Results from both components will then be integrated through an assessment of the network’s and subnetwork’s effectiveness in identifying, capturing, interpreting, sharing, reframing, and recodifying scientific evidence in policy-making processes.</p> <h4>Discussion</h4> <p>Knowledge developed from this project has the potential both to strengthen the scientific understanding of how policy-level knowledge transfer and exchange functions and to provide significantly improved advice on how to ensure evidence plays a more prominent role in public policies.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Contandriopoulos, D Benoît, F Bryant-Lukosius, D Carrier, A Carter, N Deber, R Duhoux, A Greenhalgh, T Larouche, C Leclerc, B Levy, A Martin-Misener, R Maximova, K McGrail, K Nykiforuk, C Roos, N Schwartz, R Valente, T Wong, S Lindquist, E Pullen, C Lardeux, A Perroux, M Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title | Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title_full | Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title_fullStr | Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title_short | Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada. |
| title_sort | structural analysis of health relevant policy making information exchange networks in canada |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT contandriopoulosd structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT benoitf structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT bryantlukosiusd structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT carriera structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT cartern structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT deberr structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT duhouxa structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT greenhalght structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT larouchec structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT leclercb structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT levya structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT martinmisenerr structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT maximovak structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT mcgrailk structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT nykiforukc structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT roosn structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT schwartzr structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT valentet structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT wongs structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT lindquiste structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT pullenc structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT lardeuxa structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada AT perrouxm structuralanalysisofhealthrelevantpolicymakinginformationexchangenetworksincanada |