Six strategies to ensure policies are backed by evidence

By Danielle Campbell and Gabriel Moore

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1. Danielle Campbell (biography)
2. Gabriel Moore (biography)

What is the best way to ensure that policies are informed by the most relevant research evidence?

Six promising strategies emerged from a rapid review of the literature (Campbell and Moore 2018). Although our focus was on health policies, the findings are likely to be more broadly applicable. An important caveat is that the number of studies to investigate these issues is small and most are descriptive rather than testing strategies.

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