Overview
- 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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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
Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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)
Editors and Affiliations
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.
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evidence Use in Health Policy Making
Book Subtitle: An International Public Policy Perspective
Editors: Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins
Series Title: International Series on Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93467-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93466-2Published: 24 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06667-3Published: 02 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93467-9Published: 24 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-7301
Series E-ISSN: 2524-731X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 245
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, Legislative and Executive Politics, Health Policy, Politics of the Welfare State