Evidence for Health
From Patient Choice to Global Policy

Practical guide for health practitioners and policy-makers, demystifying evidence-informed decision-making from the individual clinical level to global policy.

Anne Andermann (Author)

9781107648654, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 December 2012

220 pages, 48 b/w illus.
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm, 0.36 kg

'This book is unique because it is written for front-line health workers, policy-makers, global health decision-makers and researchers … Excellence requires that we all use evidence effectively. This book has the potential to help us use it better and to understand how others use it in their lines of work. For those who are not completely sated by this book, Andermann provides numerous excellent sources for the interested reader.' Canadian Medical Association Journal

Evidence for Health: From Patient Choice to Global Policy is a practical guide to evidence-informed decision-making. It provides health practitioners and policy-makers with a broad overview of how to improve health and reduce health inequities, as well as the tools needed to make informed decisions that will have a positive influence on health. Chapters address questions such as: What are the major threats to health? What are the causes of poor health? What works to improve health? How do we know that it works? What are the barriers to implementation? What are the measures of success? The book provides an algorithm for arriving at evidence-informed decisions that take into consideration the multiple contextual factors and value judgements involved. Written by a specialist in public health with a wealth of international experience, this user-friendly guide demystifies the decision-making process, from personal decisions made by individual patients to global policy decisions.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
1. Introduction
2. Strategies for improving health
3. Understanding how decisions influence health
4. Producing evidence to inform health decisions
5. Facilitators and barriers to using evidence
6. Making evidence-informed decisions
7. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Mental health services [MBPK], General practice [MBPC], Health systems & services [MBP], Medical profession [MBD], Medicine: general issues [MB]