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Tools to support evidence-informed public health decision making

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Yost, Jennifer, Dobbins, Maureen, Traynor, Robyn, DeCorby, Kara, Workentine, Stephanie, Greco, Lori·2014·BMC Public Health

DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-728PMC PMC4223550

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BACKGROUND: Public health professionals are increasingly expected to engage in evidence-informed decision making to inform practice and policy decisions. Evidence-informed decision making involves the use of research evidence along with expertise, existing public health resources, knowledge about community health issues, the local context and community, and the political climate. The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools has identified a seven step process for evidence-informed decision making. Tools have been developed to support public health professionals as they work through each of these steps. This paper provides an overview of tools used in three Canadian public health departments involved in a study to develop capacity for evidence-informed decision making. METHODS: As part of a knowledge translation and exchange intervention, a Knowledge Broker worked with public health professionals to identify and apply tools for use with each of the steps of evidence-informed decision making. The Knowledge Broker maintained a reflective journal and interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of decision makers and public health professionals. This paper presents qualitative analysis of the perceived usefulness and usability of the tools. RESULTS: Tools were used in the health departments to assist in: question identification and clarification; searching for the best available research evidence; assessing the research evidence for quality through critical appraisal; deciphering the 'actionable message(s)' from the research evidence; tailoring messages to the local context to ensure their relevance and suitability; deciding whether and planning how to implement research evidence in the local context; and evaluating the effectiveness of implementation efforts. Decision makers provided descriptions of how the tools were used within the health departments and made suggestions for improvement. Overall, the tools were perceived as valuable for advancing and sustaining evidence-informed decision making. CONCLUSION: Tools are available to support the process of evidence-informed decision making among public health professionals. The usability and usefulness of these tools for advancing and sustaining evidence-informed decision making are discussed, including recommendations for the tools' application in other public health settings beyond this study. Knowledge and awareness of these tools may assist other health professionals in their efforts to implement evidence-informed practice.

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“This method has been recognized as a useful tool for evidence-based decision-making at the policy level (Yost et al. 2014).”
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Method
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“Tools can focus on a single part of evidence use (such as discovery, synthesis, appraisal, or reporting) or broadly cover all areas (Jakobsen et al., 2019; Peirson et al., 2012; Yost et al., 2014).”
Background
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Method
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Method
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“Issues of informing the public are considered separately in [6].”
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Authors: Yost, J., Dobbins, M., Traynor, R., DeCorby, K., Workentine, S., & Greco, L.
Affiliations: McMaster University (CA)
Public Health Ontario (CA)
Corresponding author: Yost, Jennifer
ORCID: Yost, Jennifer
Dobbins, Maureen
Traynor, Robyn
Venue: BMC Public Health
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2014-07-18
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Pages: 728-728
ISSN: 1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-728
PMC: PMC4223550
OpenAlex: W2028806048
Cited by: 116
References: 65
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 6
FWCI: 13.84
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (126353, 101867_1)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Public Health Policies and Education
Keywords: evidence-informed decision-making, public health decision-making, decision support system, knowledge translation, knowledge brokers, critical appraisal, health departments, tool usability, evidence-informed practice
MeSH terms: Decision Making, Health Policy, Humans, Ontario, Public Health, Evidence-Based Medicine, Information Dissemination

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