BACKGROUND The actions of policymakers are critical to advancing tobacco control. To evaluate the feasibility of using anonymous in-depth interviews to ascertain policymakers' knowledge about, and attitudes to, the tobacco industry, we undertook a pilot study involving New Zealand policymakers. METHODS Five politicians (from different political parties) and five senior officials, who were inv...

OBJECTIVES Limited work has been done to promote knowledge translation (KT) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). The objectives of this study are to: 1.assess the climate for evidence use in policy; 2.explore views and practices about current processes and weaknesses of health policymaking; 3.identify priorities including short-term requirements for policy briefs; and 4.identify country-s...

Abstract The article explores how macro-level political factors in conjunction with micro- and meso-level affect interest-group access to policymakers. analysis is conducted based on two original data sets: a population ecology database of Czech, Hungarian, Polish Slovenian national-level energy policy, healthcare higher education organizations, an online survey these populations. Combining the...