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Beyond evidence based policy in public health : the interplay of ideas / Katherine Smith.

By: Smith, Katherine E [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave studies in science, knowledge and policyPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: xvii, 251 pagesContent type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137026583 (ebook)Subject(s): Medical policy -- Great Britain | Health and Wellbeing | Sociology | Social research & statistics | Public administration | Public health & preventive medicine | Health systems & services | Medical sociology | Central / national / federal government policies | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Illness & addiction: social aspects | Administrative jurisdiction & public administration | Society & culture: generalGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781137026576Summary: This text explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attention to the centrality of values, politics and advocacy for public health debates.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attention to the centrality of values, politics and advocacy for public health debates.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781137026576

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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