The use of evidence in English local public health decision-making: a systematic scoping review

D Kneale, A Rojas-García, R Raine, J Thomas - Implementation Science, 2017 - Springer
Background Public health decision-making structures in England have transformed since
the implementation of reforms in 2013, with responsibility for public health services and …

'Black magic'and 'gold dust': the epistemic and political uses of evidence tools in public health policy making

KE Smith, E Stewart - Evidence & Policy, 2015 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Concerns about the limited influence of research on decision making have prompted the
development of tools intended to mediate evidence for policy audiences. This article focuses …

[HTML][HTML] Implications for alcohol minimum unit pricing advocacy: what can we learn for public health from UK newsprint coverage of key claim-makers in the policy …

S Hilton, K Wood, C Patterson, SV Katikireddi - Social Science & Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract On May 24th 2012, Scotland passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Bill. Minimum
unit pricing (MUP) is an intervention that raises the price of the cheapest alcohol to reduce …

How did policy actors use mass media to influence the Scottish alcohol minimum unit pricing debate? Comparative analysis of newspapers, evidence submissions …

SV Katikireddi, S Hilton - Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To explore how policy actors attempted to deliberately frame public debate around
alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) in the UK by comparing and contrasting their …

[图书][B] Alcohol, power and public health: A comparative study of alcohol policy

S Butler, K Elmeland, B Thom, J Nicholls - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
In recent years, the reduction of alcohol-related harm has emerged as a major policy issue
across Europe. Public health advocates, supported by the World Health Organisation, have …

Intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a natural experiment

V So, AD Millard, SV Katikireddi, R Forsyth… - Public Health …, 2021 - eprints.gla.ac.uk
Background: Scotland was the first country to implement minimum unit pricing for alcohol
nationally. Minimum unit pricing aims to reduce alcohol-related harms and to narrow health …

What is the problem?: Evidence, politics and alcohol policy in England and Wales, 2010–2014

J Nicholls, J Greenaway - Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article considers alcohol policy development in England and Wales under the coalition
government after 2010. With a particular focus on minimum unit pricing, it examines why …

Correcting for non-participation bias in health surveys using record-linkage, synthetic observations and pattern mixture modelling

L Gray, E Gorman, IR White… - … methods in medical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Surveys are key means of obtaining policy-relevant information not available from routine
sources. Bias arising from non-participation is typically handled by applying weights derived …

Adjustment for survey non‐representativeness using record‐linkage: refined estimates of alcohol consumption by deprivation in Scotland

E Gorman, AH Leyland, G McCartney… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Analytical approaches to addressing survey non‐participation bias
typically use only demographic information to improve estimates. We applied a novel …

A qualitative exploration of evidence-based decision making in public health practice and policy: The perceived usefulness of a diabetes economic model for decision …

A Grove, T Sanders, S Salway… - Evidence & …, 2019 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceived usefulness of a diabetes
economic model as a potential tool for aiding evidence-based decision making in public …