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Table.1 Barriers and facilitators identified by Health Policymakers and Researchers

From: Translating evidence into policy: opinions and insights of Health Researchers and Policymakers in Nepal

 

Barriers

Facilitators

Health Policymakers

• Political influence

• Poor culture of evidence utilization

• Preference of anecdotal evidences

• Donor agency’s influence

• Poor expenditure for research

• Targets and commitments made at international conferences

• Expert/ Stakeholder’s consultation

Health Researchers

• Issues of generalizability and credibility of evidences

• Poor quality and trust of evidences

• Low availability of priority-based researches

• Poor targeted dissemination

• Few priority-based researches

• Availability of nationally representative surveys

• Publication of one-pager research

• Partial CE study