Table 3 Potential facilitators and barriers to the use and implementation and use of KTE activities
From: Views of health system policymakers on the role of research in health policymaking in Israel
Percentage Agree or Strongly Agree | |
|---|---|
Facilitators: | |
National funders formulate their priorities and calls for proposals in response to national and regional needs. | 78 |
National funding sources encourage KTE activities. | 69 |
Structures and processes exist to link you with researchers | 68 |
Policymakers have access to technical support for acquiring, assessing, and applying HSPR research | 68 |
Funding sources (e.g., granting agencies) consider KTE activities an allowable expense | 65 |
Personal and organizational contacts among policymakers and researchers were quite stable over time | 61 |
Policymakers create opportunities to develop joint HSPR research initiatives with them | 45 |
Policymakers invest financial and/or human resources in joint HSPR research initiatives with them | 45 |
Policymakers invest financial and/or human resources in KTE activities | 42 |
Barriers: | |
Priorities in the health system draw attention away from HSPR research | 43 |
Policymakers lack the expertise for acquiring, assessing, and applying HSPR research | 31 |
Policymakers do not make decisions on the basis of HSPR research | 24 |
Policymakers do not have technical access (i.e. journal subscriptions, links to research) to the appropriate databases to search for HSPR research | 10 |