A Typology of Scientific Advisory Committees [PDF]
Global Challenges, 2018 The era of evidence‐informed decision‐making has seen increased use of the scientific advisory committee (SAC) to provide decision‐makers with scientific advice, despite limited evidence of the effectiveness or best strategies for designing these ...
Gaëlle M. N. Groux +2 more
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An Overview of Systematic Reviews to Inform the Institutional Design of Scientific Advisory Committees [PDF]
Global Challenges, 2018 The current lack of synthesized evidence for informing the design of scientific advisory committees (SACs) is surprising in light of the widespread use of SACs throughout decision‐making processes.
Asha Behdinan +5 more
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Towards a Systematic Understanding of How to Institutionally Design Scientific Advisory Committees: A Conceptual Framework and Introduction to a Special Journal Issue [PDF]
Global Challenges, 2018 Scientifically‐derived insights are often held as requirements for defensible policy choices. Scientific advisory committees (SACs) figure prominently in this landscape, often with the promise of bringing scientific evidence to decision‐makers.
Steven J. Hoffman +4 more
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Distributed leadership as an enabler of community participation in primary health care in Malawi [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineCommunity participation is a foundational principle of primary health care (PHC), yet its meaningful implementation remains limited in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Malawi.
Tony M. Majo, Martha K. Makwero
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Formal and informal science-policy interaction during public health emergencies of international concern: a scoping review [PDF]
BMC Global and Public HealthBackground Interaction between science and policy might be a crucial asset for policy decisions during public health emergencies. Much work has been published about processes and forms of science-policy interaction on the one hand and challenges of ...
Sophie Meyer +6 more
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Designing Scientific Advisory Committees for a Complex World [PDF]
Global Challenges, 2018 Steven J. Hoffman +3 more
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Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation at the science-policy interface during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency: a rapid review and theoretical analysis to inform development of a logic model [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid production, synthesis, and translation of best available evidence to inform public health policy and practice decisions.
Anna Vittoria Porter +5 more
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Policy advisory committees in Kenya: interest group participation and effectiveness
International Review of Public Policy, 2023 Governments create advisory committees and arm’s-length agencies and then delegate responsibilities and powers, sometimes merely to provide policy advice but sometimes to implement regulation.
David Irwin, Mercy Kyande
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Vaccine: X, 2022 The Zambia Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (ZITAG) was established in 2016 as an advisory body to provide evidence-based recommendations on vaccine policy.
Moses C. Simuyemba +6 more
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Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating the County Leadership Program
EDIS, 2005 A teaching guide produced by the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Advisory committees working with Extension County Faculty as well as other community service organizations using ...
Elizabeth B. Bolton
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