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%)	—	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%)