Table.2 Recommendations to Health Policymakers and Researchers for better EBP
Recommendations to Health Policymakers | Recommendations to Health Researchers |
|---|---|
• Promote the research practice by utilizing them. It motivates researchers to conduct more studies. | • Actively push their research findings and recommendations to policymakers as they do not have time to search for evidence during decision making. |
• Identify priority areas on which researchers can conduct researches and help the EBP process. | • Conduct studies on identified priority areas by the government so the policymakers can utilize those researches to promote the practice of EBP. |
• Establishment of a formal forum of health policymakers and researchers with priority on evidence sharing to improve the fragile link between them. | • Involve policymakers since the beginning of their research to develop ownership among them, resulting in the use of generated evidence to develop appropriate actions. |
• Promotion of impact study before the policy and program implementation to promote the research practice and evidence utilization; further motivating researchers to conduct more research. | • Publication of research briefs along with recommendations for policy, in plain language preferably in Nepali. |