The 'good governance' of evidence in health policy

Calls for evidence-based policy often fail to recognise the fundamentally political nature of policy making. Policy makers must identify, evaluate and utilise evidence to solve policy problems in the face of competing priorities and political agendas. Evidence should inform but cannot determine poli...

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Published inEvidence & policy Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 575 - 592
Main Authors Hawkins, Benjamin, Parkhurst, Justin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol Policy Press 01.11.2016
Subjects
Accountability
Advocacy
Best Practices
Decision Making
Evidence
Evidence Based Practice
Evidence-based medicine
Governance
Health care policy
Health Services
Inferences
Policy Formation
Policy making
Political Influences
Politics
Public Policy
Research Utilization
School Policy
Technology Transfer
Translation
World Problems
good governance
knowledge translation
evidence-informed policy
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ISSN1744-2648
1744-2648
DOI10.1332/174426415X14430058455412

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Summary:Calls for evidence-based policy often fail to recognise the fundamentally political nature of policy making. Policy makers must identify, evaluate and utilise evidence to solve policy problems in the face of competing priorities and political agendas. Evidence should inform but cannot determine policy choices. This paper draws on theories of 'good governance' to develop a framework for analysing and evaluating processes of evidence-informed policy making. 'Good governance' requires the use of appropriate bodies of high-quality evidence to inform policy and promotes decision-making processes that are transparent, accountable and open to contestation by the populations they govern.
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ISSN:1744-2648
1744-2648
DOI:10.1332/174426415X14430058455412