“…In addition, we identified bidirectional interactions between PBRNs and health policymakers, through which PBRNs became not only the subjects of policies that supported or hindered their inception or activities, 154,156,158,159,165,[172][173][174]209,[238][239][240][241][242][243] but they also emerged as developers of priorities that influenced health policy. 9,10,13,28,33,[37][38][39]51,52,[67][68][69]76,79,88,91,97,110,118,119,125,128,135,150,170,183,211,216,217,237 In some situations, they acted as "conveners" who actively engaged health policymakers in the mission of PBRNs narrowing the "distance" between PBRNs and policymakers.…”