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Background:
Effective engagement, trust and shared interest with policy makers are the core requirements of evidence informed policy making. However, poor engagement with policy makers and a lack of shared priorities serve as significant barriers to bringing evidence from systematic reviews into health policy development.
Objectives:
This presentation aims to share experiences and analyze strategies to engage policy makers for the uptake of evidence in health policy. These activities were conducted in preparation for and following on from the momentum created by an exploratory meeting in February 2014 to develop a Nepal branch of the South Asian Cochrane Centre.
Methods:
The presentation will describe how the general framework of four essential knowledge exchange strategies was used to facilitate “user pull” and engage policy makers in evidence informed policy making in Nepal: 1) building trust and visibility; 2) informing and training policy makers; 3) ensuring one-on-one interactions; 4) formalizing partnerships.
Results:
A team to support current policy making efforts with evidence based methods was established, with developed links to obtain Cochrane-specific training and share robust priority setting methods and policy brief formats for policy makers to incorporate evidence and context.
Conclusions:
These results provide an adaptable method to ensure stakeholder support for establishing Cochrane activities in a low or middle-income country, through proactive engagement throughout the process.
Effective engagement, trust and shared interest with policy makers are the core requirements of evidence informed policy making. However, poor engagement with policy makers and a lack of shared priorities serve as significant barriers to bringing evidence from systematic reviews into health policy development.
Objectives:
This presentation aims to share experiences and analyze strategies to engage policy makers for the uptake of evidence in health policy. These activities were conducted in preparation for and following on from the momentum created by an exploratory meeting in February 2014 to develop a Nepal branch of the South Asian Cochrane Centre.
Methods:
The presentation will describe how the general framework of four essential knowledge exchange strategies was used to facilitate “user pull” and engage policy makers in evidence informed policy making in Nepal: 1) building trust and visibility; 2) informing and training policy makers; 3) ensuring one-on-one interactions; 4) formalizing partnerships.
Results:
A team to support current policy making efforts with evidence based methods was established, with developed links to obtain Cochrane-specific training and share robust priority setting methods and policy brief formats for policy makers to incorporate evidence and context.
Conclusions:
These results provide an adaptable method to ensure stakeholder support for establishing Cochrane activities in a low or middle-income country, through proactive engagement throughout the process.