Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada

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dc.contributor.authorContandriopoulos, Damien
dc.contributor.authorBenoît, François
dc.contributor.authorBryant-Lukosius, Denise
dc.contributor.authorCarrier, Annie
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorDeber, Raisa
dc.contributor.authorDuhoux, Arnaud
dc.contributor.authorGreenhalgh, Trisha
dc.contributor.authorLarouche, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorLeclerc, Bernard-Simon
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorMartin-Misener, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorMaximova, Katerina
dc.contributor.authorMcGrail, Kimberlyn
dc.contributor.authorNykiforuk, Candace
dc.contributor.authorRoos, Noralou
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Robert
dc.contributor.authorValente, Thomas W
dc.contributor.authorWong, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorLindquist, Evert
dc.contributor.authorPullen, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorLardeux, Anne
dc.contributor.authorPerroux, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-02T17:48:09Z
dc.date.available2017-10-02T17:48:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-20
dc.date.updated2017-10-01T03:52:39Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background 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 policy-making 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. Methods 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. Discussion 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.
dc.identifier.citationImplementation Science. 2017 Sep 20;12(1):116
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0642-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32658
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s).
dc.titleStructural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada
dc.typeJournal Article
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