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dc.contributor.advisor | Lavis, John | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Wilson, Michael | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Carter, Nancy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kowalewski, Karolina | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:59:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:59:45Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2012-09-10 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/7352 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 8396 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 3307505 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12467 | - |
dc.description.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> | en_US |
dc.subject | health policy | en_US |
dc.subject | health system | en_US |
dc.subject | research evidence | en_US |
dc.subject | colloquial evidence | en_US |
dc.subject | knowledge translation | en_US |
dc.subject | database development | en_US |
dc.subject | Knowledge Translation | en_US |
dc.subject | Knowledge Translation | en_US |
dc.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 | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Global Health | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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