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Evaluation of the Use of Guidelines

About the Research Guide

Authors: Melissa Jennings and Goldie MacDonald.

This Research Guide includes open access examples of different ways to evaluate the use of guidelines from a variety of authors in clinical, public health, and laboratory settings. The World Health Organization defines guidelines as documents that contain recommendations about interventions used in clinical and public health policy or practice. 1,2

The materials are organized according to the focus of the evaluation: attitudes or knowledge related to adherence to guidelines; factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of guidelines; differences in how health care providers use guidelines; clinician adherence to guidelines; adherence to laboratory and clinical guidelines; and adherence to guidelines among specific populations. The last section includes approaches, methods, or tools that can be applied to evaluate guidelines use. The authors completed a detailed literature search and reviewed candidate items according to predetermined criteria.

1  WHO Handbook for Guideline Development. (Handbook). (2012). Geneva: World Health Organization.

2. WHO Handbook for guideline development – 2nd ed. (Handbok). (2014). Geneva: World Health Organization.

Author Affiliations and Disclaimer

Author affiliations:

Melissa Jennings is a Public Health Analyst in the Division of Laboratory Systems; Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA, USA

Goldie MacDonald is the Associate Director for Evaluation in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA, USA

Disclaimer:

The findings and conclusions in this guide are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Examine Attitudes or Knowledge Related to Adherence to Guidelines
Examine Factors that Facilitate or Hinder the Implementation of Guidelines
Examine Differences in How Health Care Providers Use Guidelines
Examine Clinician Adherence to Guidelines
Examine Adherence to Laboratory and Clinical Guidelines
Examine Trends in Adherence to Guidelines among Specific Populations
Examples of Approaches, Methods, or Tools to Evaluate Guidelines Use
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