Table 4 Summary of characteristics of included studies
Study number | First Author (Year) | Country | Study Title | Study Design | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maureen Dobbins (2007) [72] | Ontario, Canada | Public Health Decision-Makers’ informational Needs and Preferences for Receiving Research Evidence | Qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) | 16 participants (nine program managers, six directors, and one Medical Officer of Health) |
2 | Ross C. Brownson (2009) [3] | US | Evidence-Based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for Public Health Practice | Descriptive review | –– |
3 | Zhanming Liang (2012) [47] | Australia | A framework to improve evidence-informed decision-making in health service management | literature review | 46 studies were included |
4 | Randi W. Aas (2012) [34] | Norway | Challenging Evidence-based Decision-making: A Hypothetical Case Study about Return to Work | Qualitative research (case study/ Interviews) | 30 participants |
5 | Collette D. Sosnowy (2013) [54] | New York, USA | Factors Affecting Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Health Departments | Qualitative research (Interviews, focus groups) | 47 participants (7 commissioners, 21 health directors, and 19 other upper-level staff) |
6 | François Champagne (2014) [36] | 6 province of Canada | Organizational impact of evidence-informed decision making training initiatives: a case study comparison of two approaches | Qualitative research (Interviews, documents analysis) | 84 participants, organizational documents and organizations’ web sites |
7 | Rebecca Armstrong (2014) [49] | Victoria, Australia | Understanding evidence: a statewide survey to explore evidence-informed public health decision-making in a local government setting | Mixed-method (cross-sectional survey and interviews) | 135 survey respondents and 13 interviews |
8 | Jennifer Yost (2014) [41] | Ontario, Canada | Tools to support evidence-informed public health decision making | Qualitative research (Interviews) | 37 participants |
9 | April L. Wright (2016) [37] | Australia | Evidence-based Management in Practice: Opening up the Decision Process, Decision-maker and Context Evidence-Based | Qualitative research (case study/ semi-structured interview) | 24 emergency physicians and registrars, 4 hospital executives, and 1 nurse |
10 | Wilza Carla Spiri (2017) [65] | São Paulo, Brazil | Perception of Nursing Middle Managers about the Evidence-Based Management | Qualitative research (Case Study/ individual structured interview) | 9 nurse managers |
11 | Damian Eisenghower Greaves (2017) [77] | Caribbean island | Evidence-based management of Caribbean health systems: barriers and opportunities | Qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) | 20 senior managers/leaders (7 ministers for health, 7 permanent secretaries and 6 chief medical officers from 7 countries) |
12 | Claire Harris (2017) [39] | Australia | Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) 7: supporting staff in evidence-based decision-making, implementation, and evaluation in a local healthcare setting | Mixed methods (Literature reviews, surveys, interviews) | literature review, 178 survey responses and 68 interviews |
13 | Claire Harris (2018) [40] | Australia | Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) 8: developing, implementing, and evaluating an evidence dissemination service in a local healthcare setting | Mixed methods (Literature reviews, surveys, interviews) | literature review, 164 survey responses and 27 interviews |
14 | Ali Janati (2018) [42] | Iran | An Evidence-Based Framework for Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare Organizations: A Delphi Study | Qualitative research (Delphi study) | 66 participants |
15 | Louise Lester (2020) [58] | Europe | Evaluation of the performance and achievements of the WHO Evidence informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe | Mixed-method research | 21 current Evidence informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe member countries |
16 | Lina Daouk-Öyry (2020) [60] | Lebanon | Evidence-Based Management Competency Model for Managers in Hospital Settings | Qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) | 36 executive managers from 11 hospitals |
17 | Chigozie Jesse Uneke (2020) [63] | West Africa | Promoting the use of evidence in health policymaking in the ECOWAS region: the development and contextualization of an evidence-based policymaking guidance | Mixed-method research (review and consultations) | 15 countries of West African sub-region |