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Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh
Translation of research evidence into public health programs is lagging in Eastern Mediterranean Region. Graduate level public health curriculum at King Saud University (KSU), College of Medicine, Riyadh, is designed to equip students to integrate best available evidence in public health decision ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4686631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576953 |
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author | Wahabi, Hayfaa A. Siddiqui, Amna Rehana Mohamed, Ashry G. Al-hazmi, Ali M. Zakaria, Nasriah Al-Ansary, Lubna A. |
author_facet | Wahabi, Hayfaa A. Siddiqui, Amna Rehana Mohamed, Ashry G. Al-hazmi, Ali M. Zakaria, Nasriah Al-Ansary, Lubna A. |
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description | Translation of research evidence into public health programs is lagging in Eastern Mediterranean Region. Graduate level public health curriculum at King Saud University (KSU), College of Medicine, Riyadh, is designed to equip students to integrate best available evidence in public health decision making. The objectives of study were to explore students' opinion about the evidence based public health (EBPH) courses and to survey the knowledge, opinion, and attitude of the students towards EBPH and perceived barriers for implementation of EBPH in decision making in public health. EBPH courses are designed based on a sequential framework. A survey was conducted at the completion of EBPH courses. Forty-five graduate students were invited to complete a validated self-administered questionnaire. It included questions about demography, opinion, and attitude towards EBPH and perceived barriers towards implementation of EBPH in the work environment. The response rate was 73%. Mean age of students was 30.1 (SD 2.3) years, and 51% were males. More than 80% had sound knowledge and could appreciate the importance of EBPH. The main perceived barriers to incorporate EBPH in decision making were lack of system of communication between researchers and policy makers and scarcity of research publications related to the public health problems. |
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spelling | pubmed-46866312016-01-17 Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh Wahabi, Hayfaa A. Siddiqui, Amna Rehana Mohamed, Ashry G. Al-hazmi, Ali M. Zakaria, Nasriah Al-Ansary, Lubna A. Biomed Res Int Research Article Translation of research evidence into public health programs is lagging in Eastern Mediterranean Region. Graduate level public health curriculum at King Saud University (KSU), College of Medicine, Riyadh, is designed to equip students to integrate best available evidence in public health decision making. The objectives of study were to explore students' opinion about the evidence based public health (EBPH) courses and to survey the knowledge, opinion, and attitude of the students towards EBPH and perceived barriers for implementation of EBPH in decision making in public health. EBPH courses are designed based on a sequential framework. A survey was conducted at the completion of EBPH courses. Forty-five graduate students were invited to complete a validated self-administered questionnaire. It included questions about demography, opinion, and attitude towards EBPH and perceived barriers towards implementation of EBPH in the work environment. The response rate was 73%. Mean age of students was 30.1 (SD 2.3) years, and 51% were males. More than 80% had sound knowledge and could appreciate the importance of EBPH. The main perceived barriers to incorporate EBPH in decision making were lack of system of communication between researchers and policy makers and scarcity of research publications related to the public health problems. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4686631/ /pubmed/26779537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576953 Text en Copyright © 2015 Hayfaa A. Wahabi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wahabi, Hayfaa A. Siddiqui, Amna Rehana Mohamed, Ashry G. Al-hazmi, Ali M. Zakaria, Nasriah Al-Ansary, Lubna A. Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title_full | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title_fullStr | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title_short | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh |
title_sort | evidence-based decision making in public health: capacity building for public health students at king saud university in riyadh |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4686631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576953 |
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