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Title: | Mobilizing the Use of Policy-Relevant Documents in Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking: The Development and Contents of an Online Repository of Policy-Relevant Documents Addressing Healthcare Renewal in Canada |
Authors: | Kowalewski, Karolina |
Advisor: | Lavis, John Wilson, Michael Carter, Nancy |
Department: | Global Health |
Keywords: | health policy;health system;research evidence;colloquial evidence;knowledge translation;database development;Knowledge Translation;Knowledge Translation |
Publication Date: | Oct-2012 |
Abstract: | <p><strong>Research objectives</strong>: 1) Develop an online repository of policy-relevant documents addressing healthcare renewal in Canada; and 2) describe the general contents of policy-relevant documents addressing healthcare renewal in Canada. <strong>Methods</strong>: The methods for this study were iteratively developed using an approach similar to a scoping review. Documents were identified through website hand-searches and sixteen Canadian health organizations that contributed to the development of the online repository. The majority of organizations are government health ministries/departments or government-supported health organizations. The focus of the analysis was to calculate general descriptive frequencies of the distribution of documents included in the online repository, specifically: 1) the general characteristics of the documents, such as document type, publication year and jurisdictional focus; 2) document themes by national priority areas; 3) document themes by health system topics; and 4) contributing organizations. <strong>Results</strong>: A total of 304 documents were coded for inclusion in the online repository<br />(<a href="http://eihrportal.org/">http://eihrportal.org</a>). The Health Council of Canada contributed the largest amount of documents (n=60, 19%). The top three types of documents are health and health system data (n=75, 25%), situation analysis (n=72, 24%) and jurisdictional review (n=49, 16%). The top three national priority areas addressed in the documents are health human resources (n=270, 89%), quality as a performance indicator (n=210, 69%) and information technology (n=183, 60%). The least commonly addressed national priority areas are technology assessment (n=19, 6%), prescription drug coverage (n=68, 22%) and Aboriginal health (n=87, 29%). <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The process of developing a systematic method for identifying policy-relevant documents and retrieving useful information from these documents can be reproduced by anyone interested in using this type of evidence to inform their health policymaking. A number of implications exist for policy and research, both in Canada and in low- and middle-income countries, which have to be considered in relation to the unique nature of this type of evidence.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12467 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/7352 8396 3307505 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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