Assessing evidence to improve population health and wellbeing

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Title:

Assessing evidence to improve population health and wellbeing

Author:

Aceijas, Carmen.

ISBN:

9780857253897

Personal Author:

Aceijas, Carmen.

Publication Information:

Exeter : Learning Matters, 2011.

Physical Description:

viii, 158 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Transforming public health practice

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What is Meant by Evidence? / Amino Dilmohamed -- ch. 2 What are Sources of Evidence? / Mahwish Hayee -- ch. 3 Making Sense of the Evidential Hierarchy Used to Judge Research Evidence / Nena Foster -- ch. 4 The Act/Art of Assessing: Critical Appraisal and its Relevance in Public Health / Nena Foster -- ch. 5 Assessing Evidence - the Quality of Primary and Secondary Research / Mahwish Hayee -- ch. 6 Assessing Evidence - the Strengths and Weaknesses of Various Ways of Assessing Public Health Outcomes / Krishna Regmi -- ch. 7 Assessing Evidence - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Gary Ginsberg -- ch. 8 Principles and Methods of Programme Evaluation / Carmen Aceijas -- ch. 9 Assessing Quality and Effectiveness to Improve Public Health and Wellbeing / Krishna Regmi.

Subject Term:

Public health -- Evaluation.

Public health -- Research -- Methodology.

Evidence-based medicine -- Methodology.

Evidence-based medicine -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Aceijas, Carmen.

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Summary

Written to support practitioners undertaking a Masters in public health, this book considers the main concepts, issues and methodologies of the second core competence of the Public Health Skills and Career Framework: ′Assessment of evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, programmes and services to improve population health and wellbeing′.

Coverage includes the theoretical definition of evidence and its use in public health, the role of critical appraisal methods and tools in evidence assessment and how Effectiveness, Efficiency and Quality inform evidence. The book is packed with case studies and activities to help link theory and practice and prompt personal reflection.