Evidence-Based Public Health / Ross C. Brownson, Anjali D. Deshpande, Kathleen N. Gillespie, Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brownson, Ross C., editor.

Deshpande, Anjali D., editor.

Gillespie, Kathleen N., editor.

Mazzucca-Ragan, Stephanie, edtor.

Oxford University Press.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Evidence-based medicine.

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Public Health.

Medical Subjects:

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Public Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts

Edition:

Fourth Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

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Summary:

In an ideal world, public health practitioners always incorporate scientific evidence when making management decisions, developing policies, and implementing programs. In reality, these decisions are often based on short-term demands rather than long-term study, and policies and programs are sometimes developed around anecdotal evidence. To address these issues, many factors may lead to a more evidence-based approach to decision making, including enhanced individual skills, wider use of data and analytic tools, and a more favorable organizational climate.Evidence-Based Public Health provides practical guidance on how to choose, implement, and evaluate evidence-based programs and policies in public health settings. It deals not only with locating and utilizing scientific evidence but also with implementing and evaluating interventions that generate new evidence. This revised and updated edition reflects the growing body of data and information on evidence-based public health, focuses on health equity, features a new chapter on effective communication and disseminating public health information, and includes new case studies from around the world. -- Publisher

Contents:

The Need for Evidence-Based Public Health

Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Public Health

Assessing Scientific Evidence for Public Health Action

Understanding and Applying Economic Evaluation and Other Analytic Tools

Assessing and Engaging Communities

Quantifying the Issue

Developing and Prioritizing Intervention Options

Searching the Scientific Literature and Using Systematic Reviews

Planning for Program and Policy Implementation

Evaluating the Program or Policy

Disseminating Evidence-Based Public Health

Opportunities for Advancing Evidence-Based Public Health

ǂ Gossary

Index

Notes:

Previous edition: published as by Ross C. Brownson, Elizabeth A. Baker, Anjali D. Deshpande, Kathleen N. Gillespie. 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2025).

Other Format:

Also issued in print: Evidence-Based Public Health

ISBN:

9780197779644 (ebook)

0197779646 (ebook)

9780197779651 (ePub)

0197779654 (ePub)

9780197779637 (paperback)

0197779638 (paperback)

OCLC:

1519553490