Research Article
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: Capacity Building for Public Health Students at King Saud University in Riyadh
Table 6
Perceived barriers to evidence-based public health implementation.
| Barrier | Agree | Disagree | Uncertain |
| Lack of forum of communication between researchers and public health decision makers | 29 (88%) | ā | 4 (12%) | Lack of clear system and programs to incorporate evidence into decision | 30 (91%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | Lack of well qualified researchers and academicians in my working position | 10 (30%) | 10 (30%) | 13 (40%) | Lack of budget for research | 14 (42%) | 8 (24%) | 11 (34%) | Lack of culture of integrating research evidence into programs | 22 (67%) | 6 (18%) | 5 (15%) | Lack of public health related research publication in the Arab world | 29 (88%) | 2 (6%) | 2 (6%) |
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