The governmental health policy-development process for Syrian refugees: an embedded qualitative case studies in Lebanon and Ontario.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unprecedented amount of resources dedicated to humanitarian aid has led many stakeholders to demand the use of reliable evidence in humanitarian aid decisions to ensure that desired impacts are achieved at acceptable costs. However, little is known about the factors that influence the use of research evidence in the policy development in humanitarian crises. We examined how research evidence was used to inform two humanitarian policies made in response to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Methods

We identified two policies as rich potential case studies to examine the use of evidence in humanitarian aid policy decision-making: Lebanon's 2016 Health Response Strategy and Ontario's 2016 Phase 2: Health System Action Plan, Syrian Refugees. To study each, we used an embe

SUBMITTER: Khalid AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805559 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature