PMID- 38333784 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240210 IS - 2405-8440 (Print) IS - 2405-8440 (Electronic) IS - 2405-8440 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Feb 15 TI - What makes Indonesian government officials believe in and implement evidence-based policy: The mediating role of religion-science compatibility beliefs. PG - e24879 LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24879 [doi] LID - e24879 AB - This research is aimed at examining the relationship between religion-science compatibility belief (RSCB) and evidence-based policy (EBP) belief and implementation in Indonesia, a country with the biggest Muslim population in the world. A dataset containing responses to a questionnaire completed by 499 government officials in Indonesia was collected for the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). This study finds a relationship between RSCB and EBP belief and implementation. In addition, EBP belief also affected the implementation of EBP. The effect that RSCB has on EBP implementation was partially mediated by EBP belief. Studying how these beliefs relate to the attitude of policy makers toward science in a sociocultural context is important, considering that the focus of previous research is on different contexts pertaining to levels of education, industrialization, wealth, and democratization. This is important to encourage a more comprehensive understanding of the public about science globally. This study responds to the need for the literature to examine factors influencing EBP beliefs and implementation at the individual level in non-health contexts and developing countries. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Lionardo, Andries AU - Lionardo A AD - Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia. FAU - Nomaini, Faisal AU - Nomaini F AD - Department of Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia. FAU - Bafadhal, Oemar Madri AU - Bafadhal OM AD - Department of Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia. FAU - Santoso, Anang Dwi AU - Santoso AD AD - Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia. FAU - Alfitri AU - Alfitri AD - Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240201 PL - England TA - Heliyon JT - Heliyon JID - 101672560 PMC - PMC10850408 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Beliefs OT - Evidence-based policy OT - Implementation OT - Religion-science compatibility beliefs COIS- The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Andries Lionardo reports financial support was provided by Ministry of Education, Culture , esearch, and Technology. EDAT- 2024/02/09 06:42 MHDA- 2024/02/09 06:43 PMCR- 2024/02/01 CRDT- 2024/02/09 04:10 PHST- 2022/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/09 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/09 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/09 04:10 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2405-8440(24)00910-1 [pii] AID - e24879 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24879 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Heliyon. 2024 Feb 1;10(3):e24879. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24879. eCollection 2024 Feb 15.