Cochrane for Policy
We are making research (and in particular systematic reviews) more accessible to health system managers and policymakers. We are doing this by:
- Contributing to efforts to strengthen the climate for research use;
- Increasing production of policy-relevant systematic reviews;
- Disseminating policy-relevant reviews to managers and policymakers; and
- Making available policy-relevant reviews through a searchable online database.
This initiative is through a partnership with McMaster University’s Program in Policy Decision-Making.
Research-to-policy database
We have created a database of systematic reviews of governance, financial and delivery arrangements within health systems. For more information or to search the database visit the Program in Policy Decision-Making website: www.researchtopolicy.ca/search/reviews.aspx.
A paper describing the methods and findings is currently under review. This work was funded by a grant from the Cochrane Collaboration’s Opportunities Fund (RFP20061101) and by a grant to the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSP 13278).
Other resources
Electronic databases containing synthesized and appraised research evidence:
- Campbell Collaboration
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
- Cochrane Collaboration
- NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Research organizations and researchers studying knowledge transfer and exchange in policy decision-making environments
- CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Dissemination and Uptake of Research, Universite Laval
- Evidence Network, United Kingdom
- Program in Policy Decision-Making, McMaster University
Organizations and researchers working to facilitate knowledge transfer and uptake in health services and policy decision-making environments: