Strategies, facilitators, and barriers to interaction between health researchers and policy makers: Protocol for a systematic review

Khadijeh Shabankareh; Shahin Mojiri; Mohammad Reza Soleymani; Ali Hamidi; Haniye Sadat Sajadi; Mousa Alavi

doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_497_21

Strategies, facilitators, and barriers to interaction between health researchers and policy makers: Protocol for a systematic review

J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Jul 29:11:235. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_497_21. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Khadijeh Shabankareh¹, Shahin Mojiri¹, Mohammad Reza Soleymani², Ali Hamidi³, Haniye Sadat Sajadi⁴, Mousa Alavi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
² Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
³ Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
⁴ Healthcare Services Management, Knowledge Utilization Research Center, University Research and Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

This systematic review protocol is developed with the objective to identify the strategies, facilitators, and barriers to interaction between researchers and policy makers to use research evidence in health policy making. It seems that review of interactive methods between researchers and policy makers can help to understand the role of researchers on evidence-informed policy making. Moreover, identifying barriers and facilitators of these interactions can help universities and institutions associated to health policy making in planning to improve the interaction between researchers and policy makers to facilitate evidence-informed policy making.

Keywords: Evidence-informed policy making; interaction; policy makers; research personnel.