This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this article, we address the issue of decision making in situations in which there is insufficient evidence at hand. Policymakers o...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. Policymakers have limited resources for developing ? or supporting the development of ? evidence-informed policies and programmes. The...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this article, we address ways of organising efforts to support evidence-informed health policymaking. Efforts to link research to a...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. Policymakers and those supporting them may find themselves in one or more of the following three situations that will require them to ...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. Policymakers and those supporting them often find themselves in situations that spur them on to work out how best to define a problem....
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this article, we discuss the following three questions: What is evidence? What is the role of research evidence in informing health...
Knowing how to find and use research evidence can help policymakers and those who support them to do their jobs better and more efficiently. Each article in this series presents a proposed tool that can be used by those involved in finding and using research evidence to support evidenceinformed health po...
Cet article traite des considérations en matière d´équité. Dans le domaine de la santé, les inégalités se définissent comme des différences qui sont non seulement inutiles et évitables, mais en outre inéquitables et injustes. Les inégalités en santé liées aux facteurs sociaux et économiq...
Neste artigo, discutimos as três perguntas apresentadas a seguir: O que é evidência? Qual é o papel da evidência de pesquisa no fornecimento de subsÃdios para decisões sobre polÃticas de saúde? O que é elaboração de polÃticas baseadas em evidências? A polÃtica baseada em evidências cientÃ...
Neste artigo, abordamos o uso de evidências para informar julgamentos sobre a avaliação dos prós e contras das opções de polÃticas e programas. Sugerimos cinco questões que podem ser consideradas ao fazer estes julgamentos. Estas são: 1. Que opções estão sendo comparadas? 2. Quais são os res...
