Despite considering ourselves to be in the Knowledge Society, in practice there are gaps in the use of evidence. Specifically, it appears that there is a waste of use of this valuable resource for making wise policy decisions, which lead to actions that respect sustainability and human rights.
This article presents an exploratory literature review that aim to identify relevant publications around main concepts around Evidence Use. We identify four main thematic areas: 1) Link Science and Policy; 2) Evidence architecture; 3) Clear communication, Trust and Collaboration and 4) Evidence Use and Knowledge Governance. Those knowledge areas will be the building blocks of an evidence chain model.
This review is a project starting point that aims to build a conceptual model. This model will be validated and refined, to support knowledge-based decision and wise action process at health context.