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Evidence Use in Health Policy Making

An International Public Policy Perspective

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Justin Parkhurst

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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  2. Stefanie Ettelt

    1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

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  3. Benjamin Hawkins

    1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

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  • Provides results from a large research programme of work on how to study the use of evidence from a policy perspective.

  • Addresses the political realities of policy making in health, including ministerial stewardship over and good governance of evidence, and the operation of ‘evidence advisory systems’.

  • Reflects on conceptual issues and offers a range of case studies to investigate how evidence was used.

Part of the book series: International Series on Public Policy (ISPP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Studying Evidence Use for Health Policymaking from a Policy Perspective

    • Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins
    Pages 1-19Open Access

  4. The Role of Evidence in Nutrition Policymaking in Ethiopia: Institutional Structures and Issue Framing

    • Helen Walls, Deborah Johnston, Elisa Vecchione, Abdulfatah Adam, Justin Parkhurst
    Pages 51-73Open Access

  6. Using Evidence in a Highly Fragmented Legislature: The Case of Colombia’s Health System Reform

    • Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Benjamin Hawkins
    Pages 91-110Open Access

  9. Ministries of Health and the Stewardship of Health Evidence

    • Justin Parkhurst, Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins, Marco Liverani, Elisa Vecchione et al.
    Pages 155-184Open Access

  11. Evidence and Policy in Aid-Dependent Settings

    • Justin Parkhurst, Siobhan Leir, Helen Walls, Elisa Vecchione, Marco Liverani
    Pages 201-219Open Access

  12. Conclusion: Reflecting on Studying Evidence Use from a Public Policy Perspective

    • Justin Parkhurst, Benjamin Hawkins, Stefanie Ettelt
    Pages 221-238Open Access

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 239-245
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About this book

This open access book provides a set of conceptual, empirical, and comparative chapters that apply a public policy perspective to investigate the political and institutional factors driving the use of evidence to inform health policy in low, middle, and high income settings. The work presents key findings from the Getting Research Into Policy (GRIP-Health) project: a five year, six country, programme of work supported by the European Research Council. The chapters further our understanding of evidence utilisation in health policymaking through the application of theories and methods from the policy sciences. They present new insights into the roles and importance of factors such as issue contestation, institutional arrangements, logics of appropriateness, and donor influence to explore individual cases and comparative experiences in the use of evidence to inform health policy. 
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Keywords

  • evidence based policymaking
  • political contestation
  • institutional context
  • rational-instrumental evidence use
  • Cambodia
  • framing
  • multi-sectoral
  • Ethiopia
  • stakeholders' involvement
  • governance
  • legitimacy
  • institutionalised evidentiary practices
  • evidence advisory system
  • accountability systems
  • democratic governance
  • international donors
  • World Health Organization
  • Parliament
  • aid relationships
  • Open Access
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Reviews

“The book is designed for healthcare professionals as well as an audience interested in healthcare models. It is also helpful for students taking courses in health administration and health policy. … The case study approach and the detailed information in each chapter make the book extremely interesting and challenging for readers.” (Marina Celly M R Souza, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2019)​
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Editors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Justin Parkhurst

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins

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About the editors

Justin Parkhurst is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (the LSE)’s Department of Health Policy, UK. He has conducted research on a range of global health policy issues and on the politics of evidence. He served as the Principal Investigator of the GRIP-Health programme of work.

Benjamin Hawkins is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. His research focuses on the role of research evidence and corporate actors in health policy making. In addition, he works on European integration, multi-level governance international trade and political economy approaches to health policy.

Stefanie Ettelt is Associate Professor at the Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Her work examines the tensions between structure and agency in explaining the influence of evidence and research on policy-making and health system governance, particularly from a comparative perspective.
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Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 31.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-06667-3
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Hardcover Book USD 31.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-93466-2
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