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Using media to impact health policymaking

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dc.creator Melki, Jad en_US
dc.creator Bou-Karroum, Lama en_US
dc.creator El-Jardali, Fadi en_US
dc.creator Hemadi, Nour en_US
dc.creator Faraj, Yasmine en_US
dc.creator Ojha, Utkarsh en_US
dc.creator Shahrour, Maher en_US
dc.creator Darzi, Andrea en_US
dc.creator Ali, Maha en_US
dc.creator Doumit, Carine en_US
dc.creator Langlois, Etienne V. en_US
dc.creator Akl, Elie A. en_US
dc.creator AbouHaidar, Gladys Honein en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:01:53Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:01:53Z
dc.date.datecopyrighted 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1748-5908 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6421
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Media interventions can potentially play a major role in influencing health policies. This integrative systematic review aimed to assess the effects of planned media interventions—including social media—on the health policy-making process. Methods: Eligible study designs included randomized and non-randomized designs, economic studies, process evaluation studies, stakeholder analyses, qualitative methods, and case studies. We electronically searched Medline, EMBASE, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the WHO Global Health Library. We followed standard systematic review methodology for study selection, data abstraction, and risk of bias assessment. Results: Twenty-one studies met our eligibility criteria: 10 evaluation studies using either quantitative (n = 7) or qualitative (n = 3) designs and 11 case studies. None of the evaluation studies were on social media. The findings of the evaluation studies suggest that media interventions may have a positive impact when used as accountability tools leading to prioritizing and initiating policy discussions, as tools to increase policymakers’ awareness, as tools to influence policy formulation, as awareness tools leading to policy adoption, and as awareness tools to improve compliance with laws and regulations. In one study, media-generated attention had a negative effect on policy advocacy as it mobilized opponents who defeated the passage of the bills that the media intervention advocated for. We judged the confidence in the available evidence as limited due to the risk of bias in the included studies and the indirectness of the evidence. Conclusion: There is currently a lack of reliable evidence to guide decisions on the use of media interventions to influence health policy-making. Additional and better-designed, conducted, and reported primary research is needed to better understand the effects of media interventions, particularly social media, on health policy-making processes, and the circumstances under which media interventions are successful. Trial registration: PROSPERO 2015:CRD42015020243 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title Using media to impact health policymaking en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.description.version Published en_US
dc.title.subtitle an integrative systematic review en_US
dc.creator.school SAS en_US
dc.creator.identifier 201508744 en_US
dc.creator.department Communication Arts en_US
dc.description.embargo N/A en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Implementation Science en_US
dc.description.volume 12 en_US
dc.description.issue 1 en_US
dc.keywords Media interventions en_US
dc.keywords Media campaigns en_US
dc.keywords Health communication en_US
dc.keywords Health policy-making en_US
dc.keywords Systematic review en_US
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0581-0 en_US
dc.identifier.ctation Bou-Karroum, L., El-Jardali, F., Hemadi, N., Faraj, Y., Ojha, U., Shahrour, M., ... & Melki, J. (2017). Using media to impact health policy-making: an integrative systematic review. Implementation Science, 12(1), 52. en_US
dc.creator.email jmelki@lau.edu.lb en_US
dc.description.tou http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php en_US
dc.identifier.url https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-017-0581-0 en_US
dc.creator.ispartof Lebanese American University en_US


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