Table 3. Comparison of the Preworkshop and Postworkshop Knowledge/Skill Assessment of Participants at the Evidence-to-Policy Training Workshop for the Research Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management for Policy-Makers in Ebonyi State Nigeria .
| Parameter Assessed | Preworkshop Mean | Postworkshop Mean | Mean Increase (%) |
| Collaborative Initiative | |||
| (i) How would you rate your understanding of the principles and framework of collaborative initiative in health policy-making? | 3.03 | 3.68 | 0.65 (21.45) |
| (ii) How would you describe your knowledge of setting vision for collaboration and the benefits in health policy-making? | 2.97 | 3.63 | 0.66 (22.22) |
| (iii) How would you describe your knowledge of setting out the guiding principles for collaboration and the benefits in health policy-making? | 2.89 | 3.63 | 0.74 (25.61) |
| (iv) How would you rate your understanding of defining and setting goals and objectivesof collaborative initiative in health policy-making? | 2.92 | 3.74 | 0.82 (28.08) |
| (v) How would you describe your ability to understand and define roles and responsibilities of collaborative initiative in health policy-making? | 3.00 | 3.63 | 0.63 (21.00) |
| (vi) How would you rate your understanding of implementation requirements in collaborative initiative in health policy-making? | 2.69 | 3.47 | 0.78 (29.00) |
| (vii) How would you rate your understanding of the evaluation processof collaborative initiative in health policy-making? | 2.68 | 3.61 | 0.93 (34.70) |
| Policy Briefs | |||
| (i) How would you describe your level of knowledge of agenda/priority setting in the development of health policy? | 2.89 | 3.73 | 0.84 (29.07) |
| (ii) How would you rate your understanding of policy briefs in health policy-making? | 2.79 | 3.61 | 0.82 (29.39) |
| (iii) How would you describe your level of knowledge of the process of preparation of policy briefsin the development of health policy? | 2.58 | 3.63 | 1.05 (40.70) |
| (iv) How would you describe your level of knowledge of the key ingredients of effective policy briefsin the development of health policy? | 2.49 | 3.61 | 1.12 (45.98) |
| (v) How would you describe your level of knowledge of the structure/outline of a policy brief in the development of health policy? | 2.54 | 3.47 | 0.93 (36.61) |
| (vi) How would you describe your level of knowledge of the value of policy briefsin the development of health policy? | 2.82 | 3.66 | 0.84 (29.79) |
| Policy Dialogue | |||
| (i) How would you rate your understanding of policy dialogues in health policy-making? | 2.79 | 3.63 | 0.84 (30.11) |
| (ii) How would you rate your knowledge of the importance of policy dialogue in the health systems and public in health reform? | 3.00 | 3.61 | 0.61 (20.33) |
| (iii) How would you describe your understanding of the developments that necessitate hosting a policy dialogue as an interactive knowledge-sharing mechanism? | 2.68 | 3.50 | 0.82 (30.60) |
| (iv) How would you rate your knowledge of the procedure for organising and using policy dialogues to support EIP? | 2.76 | 3.50 | 0.74 (26.81) |
| (v) How would you rate your understanding of the characteristics and features of policy dialogues in health policy-making? | 2.70 | 3.42 | 0.72 (26.67) |
| (vi) How would you describe your understanding of the differences between dialogue and debatewith respect to the health policy-making process? | 2.89 | 3.59 | 0.70 (24.22) |
| Ethics in Health Policy Research and Implementation | |||
| (i) How would you rate your understanding of ethics in health policy research and implementation? | 2.76 | 3.74 | 0.98 (35.51) |
| (ii) How would you rate your knowledge of the basic principles of ethics that must be implemented in virtually any context in health policy-making? | 2.71 | 3.76 | 1.05 (38.75) |
| (iii) How would you describe your understanding of balancing Ethical concerns with economic realitieswith respect to the health policy-making process? | 2.53 | 3.66 | 1.13 (44.66) |
| (iv) How would you describe your understanding of impact of various policies on the vulnerable populationwith respect to the health policy-making process? | 2.61 | 3.70 | 1.09 (41.76) |
| (v) How would you rate your knowledge of the principles of Justice, equity and autonomyin health policy-making process? | 2.76 | 3.73 | 0.97 (35.14) |
| (vi) How would you rate your knowledge of the ethical issues in health service research? | 2.79 | 3.78 | 0.99 (35.48) |
| Health Policy and Politics in Ebonyi State | |||
| (i) How would you rate your understanding of the principles of health policy and politics in Ebonyi State? | 2.89 | 3.47 | 0.58 (20.07) |
| (ii) How would you rate your knowledge of how local politics can affect health policy formulation and implementation? | 3.03 | 3.59 | 0.56 (18.48) |
| (iii) How would you describe your understanding of how to manage political interference in the health policy-making process and implementation? | 2.87 | 3.62 | 0.75 (26.13) |
Abbreviations: IDP, infectious diseases of poverty; EIP, evidence-informed policy-making.