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This book will be of interest to a wide range of social science researchers, students and practitioners as well as those interested in supporting more evidence-informed policy and practice.
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Huw Davies is Professor of Health Care Policy & Management at the University of St Andrews, and co-founder of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU).
Alec Fraser is a Lecturer in Government & Business at King's Business School, Kings College London.
Sandra Nutley is Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews, and a specialist in using evidence to inform public policy and practice.
Content
Section one: Policy and practice as arenas for evidence;
Evidence and policy making ~ Paul Cairney;
Evidence and service delivery ~ Graham P. Martin and Oli Williams;
Section two: Fields of policy and practice intervention;
Using evidence in health and healthcare ~ Paul Wilson and Trevor A. Sheldon;
Using evidence in social care ~ Deborah Ghate and Rick Hood;
Using evidence in criminal justice ~ Nicholas R. Fyfe and Gloria Laycock;
Using evidence in education ~ Julie Nelson and Carol Campbell;
Using evidence in environmental and sustainability issues ~ Mark Reed and Laura Meagher;
Using evidence in international development ~ Ruth Stewart;
Section three: Knowing and doing: some cross-cutting themes;
Systematic approaches to generating evidence ~ Alec Fraser and Huw Davies;
Assessing and labelling evidence ~ Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies and Judith Hughes;
Using evidence ~ Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley;
Section four: International comparison and commentary;
Using evidence in the UK ~ Jonathan Breckon & David Gough;
Using evidence in Australia and New Zealand ~ Brian Head and Michael Di Francesco;
Using evidence in Scandinavia ~ Anne Mette Moller, Kari Tove Elvbakken and Hanne Foss Hansen;
Using evidence in Canada ~ Bev Holmes and Sharon Straus;
Using evidence in the US ~ Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn;
Conclusions: lessons from the past; prospects for the future ~ Huw Davies, Annette Boaz, Sandra Nutley, Alec Fraser.
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