Table 6 Comparison of ranking of 14 strategies by percentage in favor of each strategy as current vs. future ideal ways to bridge the gap between science and policy in the China-Canada survey 2012 (derived from Tables 4 and 5)
China and Canada n = 207 (100 %) | China n = 121 (100 %) | Canada n = 86 (100 %) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strategy | Current | Ideal | p value (current vs. ideal) | Current | Ideal | p value (current vs. ideal) | Current | Ideal | p value (current vs. ideal) |
a. Collaboration in study design | No. 7, 77 (37 %) | No. 4, 95 (46 %) | n.s. | No. 7, 51 (42 %) | No. 6, 53 (44 %) | n.s. | No. 9, 26 (30 %) | No. 4, 42 (49 %) | p < 0.05* |
b. Focus on policy | No. 1, 117 (57 %) | No. 1, 123 (59 %) | n.s. | No. 1, 73 (60 %) | No. 2, 68 (56 %) | n.s. | No. 2, 44 (51 %) | No. 1, 55 (64 %) | n.s. |
c. Policy briefs | No. 3, 97 (47 %) | No. 3, 109 (53 %) | n.s. | No. 3, 61 (50 %) | No. 3, 57 (47 %) | n.s. | No. 5, 36 (42 %) | No. 2, 52 (60 %) | p < 0.05* |
d. Web-based portals | No. 11, 46 (22 %) | No. 11, 42 (20 %) | n.s. | No. 11, 20 (17 %) | No. 11, 19 (16 %) | n.s. | No. 9, 26 (30 %) | No. 9, 23 (27 %) | n.s. |
e. Email updates | No. 13, 33 (16 %) | No. 12, 28 (14 %) | n.s. | No. 13, 16 (13 %) | No. 14, 9 (7 %) | n.s. | No. 13, 17 (20 %) | No. 10, 19 (22 %) | n.s. |
f. Journal publications | No. 9, 65 (31 %) | No. 13, 24 (12 %) | p < 0.01** | No. 10, 28 (23 %) | No. 12, 18 (15 %) | n.s. | No. 4, 37 (43 %) | No. 14, 6 (7 %) | p < 0.01** |
g. Conferences | No. 3, 97 (47 %) | No. 9, 59 (29 %) | p < 0.01** | No. 4, 59 (49 %) | No. 7, 47 (39 %) | n.s. | No. 3, 38 (44 %) | No. 12, 12 (14 %) | p < 0.01** |
h. Policy recommendations | No. 5, 85 (41 %) | No. 5, 83 (40 %) | n.s. | No. 6, 56 (46 %) | No. 4, 55 (45 %) | n.s. | No. 7, 29 (34 %) | No. 8, 28 (33 %) | n.s. |
i. Science-policy forums | No. 2, 112 (54 %) | No. 2, 120 (58 %) | n.s. | No. 2, 65 (54 %) | No. 1, 73 (60 %) | n.s. | No. 1, 47 (55 %) | No. 3, 47 (55 %) | n.s. |
j. Joint research projects | No. 5, 85 (41 %) | No. 5, 83 (40 %) | n.s. | No. 5, 58 (48 %) | No. 4, 54 (45 %) | n.s. | No. 8, 27 (31 %) | No. 7, 29 (34 %) | n.s. |
k. Personal contact | No. 8, 70 (34 %) | No. 8, 65 (31 %) | n.s. | No. 9, 35 (29 %) | No. 9, 33 (27 %) | n.s. | No. 6, 35 (41 %) | No. 6, 32 (37 %) | n.s. |
l. Knowledge brokers | No. 12, 41 (20 %) | No. 10, 45 (22 %) | n.s. | No. 12, 19 (16 %) | No. 10, 26 (21 %) | n.s. | No. 11, 22 (26 %) | No. 10, 19 (22 %) | n.s. |
m. Collaboration in analysis | No. 10, 61 (29 %) | No. 7, 71 (34 %) | n.s. | No. 8, 40 (33 %) | No. 8, 36 (30 %) | n.s. | No. 12, 21 (24 %) | No. 5, 35 (41 %) | p < 0.05* |
n. Co-authorship | No. 14, 8 (4 %) | No. 14, 22 (11 %) | n.s. | No. 14, 3 (2 %) | No. 13, 12 (10 %) | n.s. | No. 14, 5 (6 %) | No. 12, 10 (12 %) | n.s. |
No opinion | 9 (4 %) | 13 (6 %) | n.s. | 5 (4 %) | 9 (7 %) | n.s. | 4 (5 %) | 4 (5 %) | n.s. |