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Voices of decision makers on evidence-based policy: A case of evolving TB/HIV co-infection policy in India.
- Source :
- AIDS Care; Mar2016, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p397-400, 4p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This study explores decision makers’ perspectives on evidence-based policy (EBP) development using the case of TB/HIV co-infection in India. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with purposively selected key national and international policy decision makers in India. Verbatim transcripts were processed and analysed thematically using QSR (NUD*IST 6). The decision makers were unequivocal in recognizing the TB/HIV co-infection as an important public health issue in India and stated the problem to be different than Africa. The need of having a “third programme” for co-infection was not felt. According to them, the public health management of this co-infection must be within the realm of these two programmes. The study also emphasized on decision makers’ perspectives on evidence and the process of utilization of evidence for decision-making for co-infection. Study findings showed global evidence was not always accepted by the decision makers and study shows several examples of decision makers demanding local evidence for policy decisions. Decision makers did make interim policies based on global evidence but most of the time their mandate was to get local evidence. Thus, operations research/implementation science especially multi-centric studies emerge as important strategy for EBP development. Researcher–policy maker interface was a gap where role of researcher as aggressive communicator of research findings was expected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- HIV prevention
HIV infections
THERAPEUTICS
TUBERCULOSIS prevention
TUBERCULOSIS treatment
DECISION making
MIXED infections
INTERVIEWING
HEALTH policy
POLICY sciences
PUBLIC health
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
EVIDENCE-based medicine
QUALITATIVE research
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112860279
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2015.1096889