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Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis
OBJECTIVES: We sought the perspectives of lead public health officials working to improve health equity in the USA regarding the drivers of scientific evidence use, the supply of scientific evidence and the gap between their evidentiary needs and the available scientific evidence. DESIGN: We conduct...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30257845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022033 |
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author | Narain, Kimberly Danae Cauley Zimmerman, Frederick J Richards, Jessica Fielding, Jonathan Cole, Brian Teutsch, Steven Rhoads, Natalie |
author_facet | Narain, Kimberly Danae Cauley Zimmerman, Frederick J Richards, Jessica Fielding, Jonathan Cole, Brian Teutsch, Steven Rhoads, Natalie |
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description | OBJECTIVES: We sought the perspectives of lead public health officials working to improve health equity in the USA regarding the drivers of scientific evidence use, the supply of scientific evidence and the gap between their evidentiary needs and the available scientific evidence. DESIGN: We conducted 25 semistructured qualitative interviews (April 2017 to June 2017) with lead public health officials and their designees. All interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed. SETTING: Public health departments from all geographical regions in the USA. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included lead public health officials (20) and their designees (5) from public health departments that were either accredited or part of the Big Cities Health Coalition. RESULTS: Many respondents were using scientific evidence in the context of grant writing. Professional organisations and government agencies, rather than specific researchers or research journals, were the primary sources of scientific evidence. Respondents wanted to see more locally tailored cost-effectiveness research and often desired to participate in the planning phase of research projects. In addition to the scientific content recommendations, respondents felt the usefulness of scientific evidence could be improved by simplifying it and framing it for diverse audiences including elected officials and community stakeholders. CONCLUSIONS: Respondents are eager to use scientific evidence but also need to have it designed and packaged in ways that meet their needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-61697682018-10-05 Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis Narain, Kimberly Danae Cauley Zimmerman, Frederick J Richards, Jessica Fielding, Jonathan Cole, Brian Teutsch, Steven Rhoads, Natalie BMJ Open Public Health OBJECTIVES: We sought the perspectives of lead public health officials working to improve health equity in the USA regarding the drivers of scientific evidence use, the supply of scientific evidence and the gap between their evidentiary needs and the available scientific evidence. DESIGN: We conducted 25 semistructured qualitative interviews (April 2017 to June 2017) with lead public health officials and their designees. All interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed. SETTING: Public health departments from all geographical regions in the USA. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included lead public health officials (20) and their designees (5) from public health departments that were either accredited or part of the Big Cities Health Coalition. RESULTS: Many respondents were using scientific evidence in the context of grant writing. Professional organisations and government agencies, rather than specific researchers or research journals, were the primary sources of scientific evidence. Respondents wanted to see more locally tailored cost-effectiveness research and often desired to participate in the planning phase of research projects. In addition to the scientific content recommendations, respondents felt the usefulness of scientific evidence could be improved by simplifying it and framing it for diverse audiences including elected officials and community stakeholders. CONCLUSIONS: Respondents are eager to use scientific evidence but also need to have it designed and packaged in ways that meet their needs. BMJ Publishing Group 2018-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6169768/ /pubmed/30257845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022033 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Narain, Kimberly Danae Cauley Zimmerman, Frederick J Richards, Jessica Fielding, Jonathan Cole, Brian Teutsch, Steven Rhoads, Natalie Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title | Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title_full | Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title_fullStr | Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title_short | Evidentiary needs of US public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
title_sort | evidentiary needs of us public health departments with a mission to advance equity and health: a qualitative analysis |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30257845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022033 |
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