Main description:

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.

Contents:

Preface: Stefanie Ettelt, Ben Hawkins, Justin Parkhurst
Chapter 1: Studying evidence use for health policymaking from a policy perspective. Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins
Chapter 2: The many meanings of evidence: A comparative analysis of the forms and roles of evidence within three health policy processes in Cambodia. Helen Walls, Marco Liverani, Kannarath Chheng, Justin Parkhurst
Chapter 3: The role of evidence in nutrition policymaking in Ethiopia: institutional structures and issue framing. Helen Walls, Deborah Johnston, Elisa Vecchione, Abdulfatah Adam, Justin Parkhurst
Chapter 4: The use of evidence in health policy in Ghana: implications for accountability and democratic governance. Elisa Vecchione and Justin Parkhurst
Chapter 5: Using evidence in a highly fragmented legislature: the case of Colombias health system reform. Arturo Alvarez & Benjamin Hawkins
Chapter 6: The politics of evidence use in health policy making in Germany - the case of regulating hospital minimum volumes. Stefanie Ettelt
Chapter 7: Electronic Cigarettes Regulation in the UK: A Case Study in Evidence Informed Policy Making. Dr. Benjamin Hawkins
Chapter 8: Ministries of Health and the Stewardship of Health Evidence. Justin Parkhurst, Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins, Marco Liverani, Elisa Vecchione, Helen Walls
Chapter 9: Evidence use and the institutions of the state: The role of Parliament and the judiciary. Stefanie Ettelt
Chapter 10: Evidence and Policy in Aid-Dependent Settings. Justin Parkhurst, Siobhan Leir, Helen Walls, Elisa Vecchione, Marco Liverani
Chapter 11 - Conclusion: Reflecting on studying evidence use from a public policy perspective. Justin Parkhurst, Benjamin Hawkins, Stefanie Ettelt
Index