{
  "abstract": "Background Undertaking a systematic review of research evidence is often a key step in strategies for closing the knowledge-action gap in public health practice. The Public Health Review Team at the University of Sheffield was commissioned (2019-2025) to undertake evidence synthesis projects aimed at informing public health policy and practice. The programme focused on producing evidence reviews that would both inform commissioning of primary research and influence decision-making in public health.Methods Diverse methods were used across the evidence syntheses, including umbrella reviews, mapping reviews, systematic reviews, rapid reviews, and evidence briefings. Public and practitioner involvement was integral throughout, from question formulation to interpreting findings, with a programme-level panel and topic-specific groups contributed to the review process. Data sources included peer-reviewed journal articles and grey literature, often identified through online searches and expert input.Results The programme focused on eleven topics prioritised by the Public Health Research Programme Prioritisation Committee, including gambling harm, working in later life, working from home, access to services for ethnic minority populations, parenting programmes, warmer homes, student mental health, housing insecurity, alcohol licensing, air pollution and health impact assessment. The outputs, including research reports, summaries, animations and webinars, were widely disseminated to both public and professional audiences, with high engagement from stakeholders, particularly local authority practitioners and policy teams. Outputs have been widely cited in primary research commissioning calls and in international, European Union and national UK governments’ policy documents.Conclusion The programme demonstrated that flexible evidence synthesis teams, combined with strong stakeholder engagement, can produce high-quality reviews with the potential for a significant impact on public health policy, locally and nationally. The lessons learned have informed ongoing delivery of evidence synthesis programmes and reviews, with an emphasis on efficient, timely reviews and meaningful involvement of public representatives and professional stakeholders to maximise impact and value to decision-makers.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Elizabeth Goyder"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Katie Lewis"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lindsay Blank"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Emma Hock"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mark Clowes"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Anna Cantrell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Systems and Population Studies Division, iccdr, Dhaka, Bangladesh"
      ],
      "name": "Sarah Salway"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Fiona Campbell"
    }
  ],
  "title": "P13-3 Closing the knowledge-action gap: experience from a national public health evidence synthesis programme 2019-2025",
  "uid": "2e5ad135-0d29-5bcb-9022-e99ca44fbcdf"
}