Dear HIFA colleagues,
I would like to share with you the preliminary results of our survey on Universal access to reliable healthcare information. You can see the results here: https://www.hifa.org/sites/default/files/publications_pdf/HIFA-survey-pr...
Please note that these are the *preliminary* topline quantitative data. More detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis is currently being undertaken by HIFA with help from Digital Medic at Stanford University (Jamie Johnston and Nadine Skinner) and Evidence for Global and Disaster Health/Florida State University (Margaret Sullivan).
Some topline results:
2,337 respondents
135 countries
1061 cities
Top 4 countries: US, UK, Brazil, Nigeria
Top 4 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
47% self-identified as 'apply evidence' (eg patient, health worker, policymaker)
22% self-identified as 'generate evidence' (eg researcher)
15% self-identified as 'help people find evidence' (eg library and inforamtion professional)
5.2% self-identified as 'synthesise evidence' (eg systematic reviewers)
3.4% self-identified as 'publish evidence' (eg journal editor)
3% self-identified as 'package evidence' (eg publisher of manuals for HWs)
6.2% self-identified as 'other'
In my next post I shall share the topline results for the section of the survey that asks "How important is access to reliable healthcare information?".
Acknowledgement: HIFA would like to thank Oxford Pharmagenesis, Elsevier Foundation, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Instituto Antonio Vidal, International League of Dermatological Societies, IPCRG, CABI, Enablement, eCancer for financial support; JBI, IFLA/E4GDH, Costello, Digital Medic for technical support; and The Lancet, BMJ and World Medical Association for in-kind support.
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
