The World Health Organization's (WHO) Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) is one such example of a network, whose aim is to support systematic, multifaceted efforts to address the challenges in linking research to policy [ 15].
The intervention (Table 1) was informed by the findings from a systematic review that multifaceted educational interventions are more effective in terms of practice change than single interventions alone [ 46].
Systematic reviews showed that multifaceted interventions involving both physicians (active education through seminars and visits) and the public/patients (through written material and mass media) seem moderately more effective than single interventions, in decreasing unnecessary antibiotic use [ 53, 54].
But it is unsurprising, given the complexity of Berlin's vision, his aversion to systematic exposition or theorising, the multifaceted nature of his work, and the uniqueness of his position in the intellectual life of his times.
It is an interdisciplinary, multifaceted approach to reducing fall risk that includes systematic screening, assessment, individualized care planning, resident monitoring, and the elimination of environmental safety hazards.
Another recent systematic review of reviews examining whether multifaceted strategies are more effective than single strategies 100 reported similar findings.
However, a third systematic review [ 37] found that multifaceted guideline implementation interventions were no more effective than single intervention strategies across several allied health professions.
A systematic review of 235 studies on (multifaceted) guideline implementation strategies presented imperfect evidence to support decisions about which guideline dissemination and implementation strategies are likely to be efficient under different circumstances.
However another systematic review in 2008 [ 19], reported that multifaceted interventions, interactive education, and clinical reminder systems were effective.
However, scholars also admit the lack of systematic inquiry into the empirical consequences and contexts of multifaceted social relations (Bian 2010).
