Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh

Table 5

Opinion and attitude of students towards evidence-based public health.

Statement	Agree	Disagree	Uncertain
EBPH is not suitable for application in the Arab countries	2 (6%)	22 (67%)	9 (27%)
In my new position as a public health officer I will be able to make decision for intervention based on evidence	27 (82%)	2 (6%)	4 (12%)
Systematic reviews contribute significantly to knowledge about prevention and treatment of disease	33 (100%)	—	—
Application of research evidence in public health improves the health status of community	28 (85%)	1 (3%)	4 (12%)
Public health interventions require effective evaluation of health interventions carried out through research evidence	29 (88%)	—	4 (12%)
Decisions in public health cannot be based on the results of randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis but rather on the available budget	10 (30%)	13 (40%)	10 (30%)
Systematic reviews are useful tool for decision making in public health	30 (91%)	—	3 (9%)

EBPH: evidence-based public health.