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...
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 ...
In this article, we address the use of evidence to inform judgements about the balance between the pros and cons of policy and programme options. We suggest five questions that can be considered when making these judgements. These are: 1. What are the options that are being compared? 2. What are the most...
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...
El término monitoreo se utiliza normalmente para describir el proceso por el cual se recolectan de manera sistemática datos para informar a responsables de la toma de decisiones en políticas, gestores y otras partes interesadas (stakeholders) si una nueva política o programa se está implementando se...
Neste artigo, abordamos o uso de evidências para informar julgamentos sobre a avaliação dos prós e contras das opções de políticas 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...
