Article
Competency profiles for evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM): a rapid review
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BARRETO, Jorge Otávio Maia et al. Competency profiles for evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM): a rapid review. Health Research Policy and Systems, [s. l.], v. 21, n. 16, feb. 2023.
PMC9909856
1478-4505
36755283
10.1186/s12961-023-00964-0
Autor
Barreto, Jorge Otávio Maia
Romão, Davi Mamblona Marques
Setti, Cecilia
Machado, Maria Lúcia Teixeira
Riera, Rachel
Gomes, Romeu
Silva, Silvio Fernandes da
Resumen
Background: Evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) requires a set of individual and organizational capacities,
linked with background factors and needs. The identification of essential knowledge, skills and attitudes for EIPM can
support the development of competency profiles and their application in different contexts.
Purpose: To identify elements of competency (knowledge, skills and attitudes) for EIPM, according to different professional profiles (researcher, health professional, decision-maker and citizen).
Methods: Rapid umbrella review. A structured search was conducted and later updated in two comprehensive
repositories (BVSalud and PubMed). Review studies with distinctive designs were included, published from 2010
onwards, without language restrictions. Assessment of the methodological quality of the studies was not performed.
A meta-aggregative narrative synthesis was used to report the findings.
Results: Ten reviews were included. A total of 37 elements of competency were identified, eight were categorized
as knowledge, 19 as skills and 10 as attitudes. These elements were aggregated into four competency profiles:
researcher, health professional, decision-maker and citizen. The competency profiles included different sets of EIPMrelated knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Strengths and limitations This study is innovative because it aggregates different profiles of competency from a
practical perspective, favouring the application of its results in different contexts to support EIPM. Methodological
limitations are related to the shortcuts adopted in this review: complementary searches of the grey literature were not
performed, and the study selection and data extraction were not conducted in duplicate.
Final considerations: conclusions and implications of the findings EIPM requires the development of individual
and organizational capacities. This rapid review contributes to the discussion on the institutionalization of EIPM in
health systems. The competency profiles presented here can support discussions about the availability of capacity
and the need for its development in different contexts.