Timely implementation of principles of evidence-based public health (EBPH) is critical for
bridging the gap between discovery of new knowledge and its application. Public health …

Despite the many accomplishments of public health, a greater attention to evidence-based
approaches is warranted. This article reviews the concepts of evidence-based public health …

Increasing disease rates, limited funding, and the ever-growing scientific basis for
intervention demand the use of proven strategies to improve population health. Public health …

The acclaimed textbook for navigating the practice and challenges of public health, now
updated and completely revised" It should be recommended or assigned to all students in …

Evidence-based public health (EBPH) has been proposed as a practice model that builds
upon the success of evidence-based medicine (EBM). EBM has been described as a more …

Gathering scientific information for decision making in the United States dates back to the
mid-1800s when, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln established the National Academy of …

The most threatening public health challenges today are chronic and complex and require
joint effort from academic researchers in partnership with clinical and public health …

Despite 40 years of research into evidence-based policy (EBP) and a continued drive from
both policymakers and researchers to increase research uptake in policy, barriers to the use …

CONTEXT: The aim of evidence-based decision-making in public health involves the
integration of science-based interventions with community preferences to improve …

How can we encourage ongoing development, refinement, and evaluation of practices to
identify and build an evidence base for best practices? On the basis of a review of the …