Table 1 Study Characteristics of Included Studies
Studies [reference] | Country | Study design | Setting | Type of end user or participant | Number of end users or participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert 2007 [38] | Mali | Qualitative study | National government: pharmaceutical decision-making group | Health policy maker | 19 |
Armstrong 2012 [39] | Australia | Qualitative study | Health related organisations | National stakeholders of relevance to employment and health, advocacy, member organisation for a workforce or national policy | 9 |
Atack 2010 [40] | Canada | Qualitative study | Different health care settings (research hospital, community hospital, community health centre, long-term care facility, district/regional health authority, government ministry/department, academic health science centre, others) | Health care manager | 42 for Technology Acceptance Model survey (TAMS) and 12 for interviews |
Campbell 2009 [42] | Australia | Qualitative study | Public health and health service government | Health policy maker and researcher | 38 policy makers/41 researchers |
Campbell 2011[41] | Australia | Qualitative study | Independent research organisations and Department of Health | Health policy maker and researcher | 8 policy makers/11 researchers |
Ciliska 1999 [21] | Canada | Qualitative study | Public health organisations | Health care managers and total, 277 were eligible, 242 participated in the first survey; 225 participated in the second survey | |
Dobbins 2001a (CR to Ciliska 1999) [22] | Canada | Qualitative study | |||
Dobbins 2001b (CR of Ciliska 1999) [23] | Canada | Qualitative study | |||
Dobbins 2004 [30] | Canada | Qualitative study | Public health/health promotion, government | Health care managers and policy makers | 46 |
Dobbins 2004 [31] | Canada | Qualitative study | Public health (programme managers, directors, epidemiologists, medical officers of health, provincial consultants, local board of health members) | Health care managers and policymakers | 51 participants |
Dobbins 2007 [43] | Canada | Qualitative study | Public health decision-makers: managers, directors, medical officers | Health care managers and policy makers | 16 |
Dobbins 2009a [24] | Canada | RCT | Public health departments | Health care manager | 108 |
Jewell 2008 [44] | USA | Qualitative study | Conference attendees | Health policy maker | 28 (11—public health; 15—legislators; 2—both) |
Lavis 2005 [45] | Canada, Scotland, Norway, UK | Systematic review and qualitative study | Studies of decision-making by health care managers and policy makers, interviews of managers, policy makers, website review | Health care managers and policy makers | 17 studies and 29 participants |
Packer 2000 [52] | England | Qualitative study | 5 health authorities | Health policy makers: health authority contacts including public health consultants, public health specialist registrars, a research analyst, and a public health nurse | 11 health authority contacts |
Ritter 2009 [46] | Australia | Qualitative study | Drug policy units | Health policy maker | 31 participants |
Rosenbaum 2011 [47] | Norway, Argentina, China, Colombia, South Africa, and Uganda | Qualitative study | National or international health service or policy-related work in health departments, national insurance programmes, hospitals, or aid organisations | Health care managers and policy makers | 18 participants |
Shepperd 2013 [48] | England | Qualitative study | Regional health authorities | Clinicians and Commissioners (including 2 general practice commissioners, 3 pharmacists, 6 public health consultants, and 4 health caremanagers) | 23 clinicians; 15 commissioners (2 general practice commissioners, 3 pharma, 6 public health consults, 4 managers) |
Suter 2011 [49] | Canada | Qualitative study | Provincial health authority | Health care managers and policy makers | 13 participants |
Vogel 2013 [50] | Canada, England and Wales, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, and Spain, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa | Qualitative study | National policy organisations | Health care managers and policy makers | 112 respondents |
Yousefi-Nooraie 2009 [51] | Iran | Qualitative study | Capacity building workshop on systematic review methods in Iran | Health care managers and policy makers | 131 participants |