Policy Brief Interviews on Animal Disease Control with 14 UK Decision-Makers

14 semi-structured interviews with decision-makers from Scottish Government and other UK administrations provide insights into policy briefs for animal disease control. The qualitative study explores desired content, format, and the role of briefs in science-policy engagement. The data, a 672.8 KB DOCX file, was authored by Katherine Adam and last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Analyzing desired content and formatting of policy briefs based on qualitative interview themes
• Studying the role of policy briefs in science-policy engagement based on decision-maker perceptions
• Informing recommendations for writing effective policy briefs in animal health based on identified conflicting demands

Strengths

• Qualitative data from 14 semi-structured interviews with UK government decision-makers.
• Focus on a specific, under-researched domain: policy briefs for animal health research.
• Data is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 672.8 KB document; scale and row count are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to the UK government sources.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews conducted as part of a qualitative study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 15:11:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, with a focus on Scottish Government administrations.