Table 3.

Summary table of key actions for evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) according to areas of activity

Key action	Health Management	Scientific research	Civil society	Knowledge translation
Supporting the institutionalization of the use of evidence	X
Improving evidence communication	X	X	X	X
Acting with confidence in one’s own abilities	X	X	X	X
Acting with motivation and initiative	X	X	X	X
Acting with professionalism and ethics	X	X	X	X
Acting for the benefit of citizens	X	X	X	X
Evaluating health policies	X
Combining different types of evidence				X
Understanding health policies	X
Communicating and disseminating evidence	X	X	X	X
Knowing the organizational context	X
Knowing the fundamentals of scientific research		X
Knowing health systems	X
Contextualizing evidence	X
Establishing good interpersonal relationships for collaborative processes	X	X	X	X
Trusting the other partners and actors in the system	X	X	X	X
Extracting scientific information		X
Facilitating group interaction	X	X	X	X
Advocating for EIPM			X
Formulating EIPM	X
Managing knowledge translation actions				X
Managing conflicts of interest	X
Managing people and teams	X
Managing organizational processes	X
Managing projects	X
Implementing EIPM	X
Leading knowledge translation processes and projects	X	X	X	X
Having basic computer skills	X	X	X	X
Mobilizing collaborative networks	X
Prioritizing questions and problems				X
Promoting cooperative actions for EIPM	X	X	X	X
Conducting scientific research		X
Conducting knowledge translation				X
Reflecting carefully	X	X	X	X
Appreciating teamwork	X	X	X	X
Using evidence	X
Valuing learning	X	X	X	X
Valuing creativity	X	X	X	X
Valuing social participation	X	X	X	X
Valuing scientific research	X	X	X	X
Valuing transparency in EIPM	X	X	X	X
Appreciating the possibility of change	X	X	X	X