Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?
University of Stirling · Oxford Policy Management · +1 more institution
Abstract
There is extensive health and public health literature on the 'evidence-policy gap', exploring the frustrating experiences of scientists trying to secure a response to the problems and solutions they raise and identifying the need for better evidence to reduce policymaker uncertainty. We offer a new perspective by using policy theory to propose research with greater impact, identifying the need to use persuasion to reduce ambiguity, and to adapt to multi-level policymaking systems.We identify insights from secondary data, namely systematic reviews, critical analysis and policy theories relevant to evidence-based policymaking. The studies are drawn primarily from countries such as the United States, United…
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2Topics & keywords
- Health services research
- Bridge (graph theory)
- Health policy
- Health administration
- Public health
- Social policy
- Health informatics
- Health economics