Table 4 Number and percentage of participants reporting benefits from attending the International Forum
Benefits reported | Intent to utilize benefits in a meaningful way | |||||||||||||||||||||
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What benefits did you gain from attending the International Forum? (select all that apply): | Total | First time at international meeting on evidence-informed health policymaking | From low- or middle-income country | Self-reported role | Years of experience with EIHP | Gender (Female) | Total | |||||||||||||||
Policymaker | Journalist | Researcher | <1 | 1–9 | 10–19 | |||||||||||||||||
Sharing experiences and lessons learned | 50 | (75%) | 31 | (78%) | 35 | (78%) | 8 | (73%) | 3 | (75%) | 34 | (85%) | 8 | (89%) | 29 | (67%) | 7 | (100%) | 18 | (78%) | 9 | (13%) |
New opportunities for future collaboration, including professional development | 46 | (69%) | 30 | (75%) | 34 | (76%) | 10 | (91%) | 3 | (75%) | 30 | (75%) | 9 | (100%) | 28 | (65%) | 4 | (57%) | 19 | (83%) | 26 | (39%) |
New knowledge | 45 | (67%) | 28 | (70%) | 31 | (69%) | 7 | (64%) | 3 | (75%) | 32 | (80%) | 8 | (89%) | 25 | (58%) | 6 | (86%) | 17 | (74%) | 17 | (25%) |
Renewed motivation and sense of purpose | 38 | (57%) | 23 | (58%) | 26 | (58%) | 5 | (45%) | 2 | (50%) | 28 | (70%) | 8 | (89%) | 23 | (53%) | 3 | (43%) | 14 | (61%) | 13 | (19%) |
Better understanding of the meaning and importance of evidence-informed policymaking | 36 | (54%) | 23 | (58%) | 26 | (58%) | 8 | (73%) | 4 | (100%) | 20 | (50%) | 7 | (78%) | 18 | (42%) | 4 | (57%) | 13 | (57%) | 7 | (10%) |
Increased awareness of the challenges in evidence-informed policymaking | 35 | (52%) | 21 | (53%) | 27 | (60%) | 6 | (55%) | 2 | (50%) | 23 | (58%) | 7 | (78%) | 20 | (47%) | 3 | (43%) | 13 | (57%) | 2 | (3%) |
Better understanding of how research can be utilized to inform health policy | 31 | (46%) | 20 | (50%) | 25 | (56%) | 9 | (82%) | 2 | (50%) | 17 | (43%) | 6 | (67%) | 16 | (37%) | 4 | (57%) | 13 | (57%) | 10 | (15%) |
Affirmation of current work, approach and practice | 27 | (40%) | 16 | (40%) | 19 | (42%) | 2 | (18%) | 2 | (50%) | 20 | (50%) | 5 | (56%) | 18 | (42%) | 1 | (14%) | 10 | (43%) | 5 | (7%) |
New skills | 31 | (46%) | 19 | (48%) | 22 | (49%) | 5 | (45%) | 3 | (75%) | 22 | (55%) | 6 | (67%) | 21 | (49%) | 2 | (29%) | 12 | (52%) | 13 | (19%) |
Opportunity to advocate on specific issues | 23 | (34%) | 17 | (43%) | 17 | (38%) | 6 | (55%) | 2 | (50%) | 14 | (35%) | 5 | (56%) | 13 | (30%) | 2 | (29%) | 10 | (43%) | 6 | (9%) |
Identification or clarification of priority needs and the ways I can help meet them | 19 | (28%) | 10 | (25%) | 10 | (22%) | 6 | (55%) | 1 | (25%) | 11 | (28%) | 5 | (56%) | 7 | (16%) | 4 | (57%) | 7 | (30%) | 2 | (3%) |