How Can Policymakers be Encouraged to Support People With Spinal Cord Injury-Scoping Review.

Authors

• Roya Habibi Arejan
• Zahra Azadmanjir
• Zahra Ghodsi
• Hamid Reza Dehghan
• Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini
• Mohammadreza Tabary
• Melika Khaleghi-Nekou
• Khatereh Naghdi
• Alexander R Vaccaro
• Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi
• Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2022

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Scoping review.

OBJECTIVE: Regarding that inappropriate medical care approaches, absence of rehabilitation services, and existing barriers in physical, social, and policy environments lead to poor outcomes in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and provision for appropriate interventions and care must be created by health policymakers, we conducted this scoping review to investigate how policymakers can be persuaded to set new plans for individuals with SCI.

METHODS: This review was performed according to Arksey and O'Malley's framework. PubMed was searched in February2019 without language limitation. We looked for other potential gray literature sources and some professional websites. References sections of selected articles were also scanned for other relevant literature.

RESULTS: We included literature that met inclusion criteria to answer our research question. The literature was divided into 3 categories. The first category included economic impact of SCI. The second category included the role of research and developing research strategy. The third category included effective interaction and communication with policymakers.

CONCLUSION: It is essential to consider multiple factors for influencing policymakers' decisions. These factors include knowing how to communicate with policymakers and presenting constructive ideas, providing a source of valid, reliable, and consistent data, considering the role of patients' advocacy groups and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and presentation of the importance of early intervention in reducing healthcare system costs. Ultimately, the goal is to have a comprehensive and flexible plan for influencing policymakers.

Volume

12

Issue

4

First Page

732

Last Page

741

ISSN

2192-5682

Published In/Presented At

Arejan, R. H., Azadmanjir, Z., Ghodsi, Z., Dehghan, H. R., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., Tabary, M., Khaleghi-Nekou, M., Naghdi, K., Vaccaro, A. R., Zafarghandi, M. R., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2022). How Can Policymakers be Encouraged to Support People With Spinal Cord Injury-Scoping Review. Global spine journal, 12(4), 732–741. https://doi.org/10.1177/21925682211005406

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

33878912

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article