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Toward evidence-based policy. [PDF]

CMAJ, 2016
See also page [E375][1] and [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.150858][2] and page [1063][3] and [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.161084][4] Many people have become enamoured with the idea that targeted payments to physicians can improve quality of care.
Kiran T.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Intersectionality and developing evidence-based policy. [PDF]

Lancet, 2022
Qureshi I, Gogoi M, Al-Oraibi A, Wobi F, Pan D, Martin CA, Chaloner J, Woolf K, Pareek M, Nellums LB.   +9 more
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Mediation pathways for reduced substance use among parents in South Africa: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Substance use is a major public health concern worldwide. Alcohol and drug use have increased during recent decades in many low- and middle-income countries, with South Africa, where this study was conducted, having among the highest rates in ...
Adeem Ahmad Massarwi, Lucie Cluver, Franziska Meinck, Jenny Doubt, Jamie M. Lachman, Yulia Shenderovich, Ohad Green   +6 more
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Integrating intimate partner violence prevention content into a digital parenting chatbot intervention during COVID-19: Intervention development and remote data collection

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue which experienced a sharp incline during the onset of COVID-19. Increases in other forms of violence, such as violence against children (VAC), have also been linked to the ...
Moa Schafer, Jamie M. Lachman, Frances Gardner, Paula Zinser, Francisco Calderon, Qing Han, Chiara Facciola, Lily Clements   +7 more
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Relationships with caregivers and mental health outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a prospective cohort study in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Mental health problems may impact adherence to anti-retroviral treatment, retention in care, and consequently the survival of adolescents living with HIV.
Yulia Shenderovich, Mark Boyes, Michelle Degli Esposti, Marisa Casale, Elona Toska, Kathryn J. Roberts, Lucie Cluver   +6 more
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A benchmarking approach for characterizing providers’ patterns of treating patients with substance use disorder

Healthcare Analytics, 2023
It is difficult to identify fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Insurers use outlier detection models to detect SUD-related FWA but these models require credible benchmarks based on cross-payer claims data.
Sivagaminathan Palani, Steven D. Pizer, Cecille Joan Avila, Austin B. Frakt, Kiersten L. Strombotne, Melissa M. Garrido   +5 more
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RETHINKING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY [PDF]

National Institute Economic Review, 2021
Much of public policy-making has in recent decades been driven by the idea of evidence-based policy – policy rooted in the principles of social science and, more specifically, empirical validation based on social and behavioural science. This article argues that evidence-based policy, while helping to improve the design of policies aimed at changing ...
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Underdetermination and evidence-based policy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Safety assessment of technologies and interventions is often underdetermined by evidence. For example, scientists have collected evidence concerning genetically modified plants for decades. This evidence was used to ground opposing safety protocols for "stacked genetically modified" plants, in which two or more genetically modified plants are combined.
Andersen, Fredrik, Rocca, Elena
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Existing evidence on the impacts of within-field farmland management practices on the flux of greenhouse gases from arable cropland in temperate regions: a systematic map

Environmental Evidence, 2022
Background Reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is vital for mitigating climate change and meeting commitments to international agreements such as the COP 21 Paris Agreement of 2015.
Alexandra Mary Collins, Neal Robert Haddaway, James Thomas, Nicola Peniston Randall, Jessica Jean Taylor, Albana Berberi, Jessica Lauren Reid, Christopher Raymond Andrews, Steven James Cooke   +8 more
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Effect of a Primary Care-Based Chronic Disease Management Program for Hypertension Patients in South Korea

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Recently, the South Korean government has adopted a primary-care-based chronic disease management program as a national task. This study aimed to evaluate this program by focusing on hypertension patients and examine the effect of this ...
Eun-Whan Lee, Hee-Sun Kim, Bit-Na Yoo, Eun-Ji Lee, Jae-Hyun Park   +4 more
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