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Collins, A, Blondel, A A, Mensah, S and Manu, E (2021) Assessing the cost of competitive tendering in Ghana using transaction cost theory. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 835-50.
Hemalattha, S and Vidjeapriya, R (2021) Developing an integrated framework for optimization of spatial requirements of construction equipment. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 903-17.
Julayhe, N and Rahman, M M (2021) Dwellers' perception on challenges and motivators of greening existing buildings in Brunei Darussalam. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 870-87.
Ofori, G, Zhang, Z and Ling, F Y Y (2021) Initiatives that enable Singapore contractors to improve construction productivity. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 785-803.
Olatunde, N A and Odeyinka, H A (2021) Extent of stakeholder management practices in building projects procured by private corporate organisations in Nigeria. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 819-34.
Oluwole, A O, Jane Jia Suen, L, Heap-Yih, C and Akanmu, A A (2021) Building information modelling penetration in quantity surveying practice. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 888-902.
Sambo Lyson, Z, Mwansa, C and Zulu, E (2021) Perceptions and beliefs influencing intention to use solar energy solutions in Zambian households. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 918-33.
Tuan Son, N, Sherif, M and Mostafa, S (2021) Project stakeholder's engagement and performance: a comparison between complex and non-complex projects using SEM. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 804-18.
Wanigarathna, N, Sherratt, F, Price, A D F and Austin, S (2021) Sources and flow of healthcare built environment design evidence. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(5), 851-69.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: evidence-based design; design evidence sources; healthcare; best practice; health care facilities; research facilities; urban environments; research institutions
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- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-08-2020-0144
- Abstract:
A substantial amount of research argues that built environmental interventions can improve the outcomes of patients and other users of healthcare facilities, supporting the concept of evidence-based design (EBD). However, the sources of such evidence and its flow into healthcare design are less well understood. This paper aims to provide insights to both the sources and flow of EBD used in three healthcare projects, to reveal practicalities of use and the relationships between them in practice. Three healthcare case study projects provided empirical data on the design of a number of different elements. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify the source and flow of evidence used in this design, which was subsequently quantised to reveal the dominant patterns therein. Healthcare design teams use evidence from various sources, the knowledge and experience of the members of the design team being the most common due to both ease of access and thus flow. Practice-based research and peer-reviewed published research flow both directly and indirectly into the design process, whilst collaborations with researchers and research institutions nurture the credibility of the latter. The findings can be used to enhance activities that aim to design, conduct and disseminate future EBD research to improve their flow to healthcare designers. This research contributes to understandings of EBD by exploring the flow of research from various sources in conflation and within real-life environments.