Moving an Evidence-Based Policy Agenda Forward: Leadership Tips From the Field

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Change Process ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Leverage Point ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Improve Health

Advancing evidence-based policy change is a leadership challenge that nurses should embrace. Key tips to ensure that evidence-based policy changes are successful at the individual, community, and population levels are offered to help nurses through the change process. The public trust in the nursing profession is a leverage point that should be used to advance the use of evidence, expedite change, and improve health for students and across communities.

Policy capacity and evidence-based policy in the public service

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Newman ◽  
Adrian Cherney ◽  
Brian W. Head
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Capacity ◽  
Evidence Based Policy

scholarly journals Engineering advice in policy making: a new domain of inquiry in evidence and policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam C.G. Cooper ◽  
Lorenzo Marvulli ◽  
Katie Black ◽  
John Holmes ◽  
Harshal Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Engineering Team ◽  
Related Science ◽  
Engineering Practices

Most, if not all empirical research on evidence-based policy has three features: firstly, it typically focuses on the application of science and scientific expertise on policy; secondly, it is executed by ‘outsider’ researchers who are not part of the public administration or policy-making process but observers of it (for example, Stevens, 2010); and thirdly, the major topical focus is in social policy areas such as health, education and crime (Oliver et al, 2014). This study advances the perspectives on evidence-based policy making by exploring the role of engineering expertise in policy making. We first make the case that, although related, science and engineering represent different epistemic communities in relation to policy practice. This difference, we argue, can give rise to particular styles of interaction that can make the governance of engineering expertise in policy making different to that for science or scientists. We then report on the findings of a study of the relationship between a new engineering team in a UK ministry with a technical portfolio and the policy colleagues they worked with across a range of programme areas. Through 18 interviews with policy officials, we identify a range of interactions that imply a need to consider styles of management and approaches to internal deployment of experts within policy organisations, as well as the implications for policy making and engineering expertise, given the way policy and engineering practices overlap.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Engineering advice has never been properly identified and studied in the academic social science literature to date.</li><br /><li>Engineering advice is an important and potent source of evidence in policy making in topical areas like energy policy.</li><br /><li>In contrast to science advice, engineering advice as a practice significantly overlaps with policy practice meaning important conflict or complementarity is possible, dependent on how the advice is deployed.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Indeks Ketahanan Lingkungan sebagai Bukti Pembuatan Kebijakan: Sebuah Sosialisasi Evidence-based Policy di Desa Lorok, Kecamatan Indralaya Utara, Kabupaten Ogan Ilir

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-390
Author(s):  
Faisal Nomaini ◽  
Muhammad Husni Thamrin ◽  
Oemar Madri Bafadhal
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Resilience Index ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village

Practitioners and academics are faced with problems about why public policy fails to achieve its goals and is met with resistance from the public. This then led to the birth of an evidence-based policy (EBP) concept that is trusted and has been proven to increase policy success. Unfortunately, this concept has not yet reached the village government level. Therefore, this community service aims to socialize this concept and put it into practice by taking a case study on the environmental resilience index as one of the compilations of the village developing index (IDM). We took a case study in Desa Lorok, Kecamatan Indralaya Utara, Kabupaten Ogan Ilir for several reasons, such as governance and their readiness to accept this new concept. This community service is a model for implementing EBP by the needs and characteristics of the community because it is formulated jointly between us as academics and the community. Another result is policy recommendations for increasing environmental resilience by focusing on the criteria composing the index.

scholarly journals “Evidence-based Policy” and “Policy of Evidence”: The Dilemma of Post-Soviet Societies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
A. I. Soloviev
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Public Sphere

External and internalchallenges, risks and crisis phenomena operatingin the world and national states requirethe ruling regimes to flexibly restructurethe configuration of relations betweenpower and society. One of the toolsof such communication is the methods of“evidence-based policy”, which involve addressingthe population on the basis of expertand scientific recommendations whendeveloping goals that allow people not onlyto judge their legality, but also to challengeand correct their content. At the same time,in a number of transitional and authoritarianstates, preference is given to the “policy ofevidence” that demonstrates the priorities ofpolitically expedient actions of the authoritiesaimed not at partnership with society, but at mobilizing the support of the populationfor the implementation of the goalsof government policy. In this context, thearticle shows the objective and subjectivelimitations of the use of scientific andexpert data in the public sphere by a numberof post-Soviet states, the peculiarities ofthe correlation of “evidence-based policy”and “policy of evidence” in the activities ofthe ruling regimes, and assesses their prospectsin the short term in modern Russiansociety.

Nudge and evidence based policy: fertile ground

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette Einfeld
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The Other ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Randomised Control Trials

Nudge is an approach to public policy that changes the decision-making environment to encourage citizens to make a particular choice. The approach has been eagerly adopted by administrations around the world, with some governments establishing dedicated nudge units to advance their use. One reason proposed for nudge’s popularity is that it supports evidence-based policy. Nudging seems to be firmly positioned in evidence-based policy rhetoric, and encourages the use of Randomised Control Trials to determine the effectiveness of a policy. There is little empirical understanding on whether nudge’s association with this rhetoric has contributed to its increasingly widespread application. This research explores how nudge is understood in relation to the evidence-based movement, from the perspective of those designing, developing and implementing nudge policies. In-depth, qualitative interviews were undertaken with policymakers in Australia. This paper finds policymakers perceive an interconnected relationship between nudging and evidence-based policy, with each providing fertile ground for the growth of the other. Consequences for scholarship and practice are discussed including implications for what constitutes legitimate evidence in the public service.

USE OF EVIDENCE IN THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS. QUALITATIVE COMAPARATIVE ANALISYS OF 17 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 569 (8) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Wojciech Gędek
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
High Level

In the last two decades the Evidence-Based Policy has become one of the most discussed approaches in the public policy circles. However, the current literature lacks systematic comparative studies of evidence use across different national contexts. Using the crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) method, the author of the article compared seventeen developed states to identify and interpret combinations of conditions determining the presence of the Evidence-Based Policy (EBP) in the field of climate policy. Obtained results indicated that the combination of the presence of low public debt and the presence of high level of social capital is an important explanatory configuration for the presence of Evidence-Based Policy among compared cases.

scholarly journals Strategies to Improve Health Communication: Can Health Professionals Be Heroes?

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1861
Author(s):  
Eva L. Jenkins ◽  
Jasmina Ilicic ◽  
Annika Molenaar ◽  
Shinyi Chin ◽  
Tracy A. McCaffrey
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nutrition Messages ◽  
Improve Health

Communicating evidence-based nutrition messages to the public is challenging and is often in conflict with popular opinions, particularly from social media influencers (SMIs). In order to increase engagement with nutrition professionals (NPs) on social media, we aimed to explore young adults’ perceptions of the authenticity and trustworthiness of SMIs and NPs Instagram posts. A cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to students (n = 149) from an Australian University. Participants viewed a real-life Instagram profile and one post from both a NP and a SMI. Main outcomes were post authenticity and trustworthiness, and emotional message appeals measured on five-point Likert scales. Regression models were developed to assess whose post (the NP or SMI) was perceived to be more authentic and trustworthy. Participants were young adults (median age (25th, 75th percentiles): 20 (19,21)), with approximately half identifying as female. A high heroic message appeal (+1SD above mean) significantly increased the perceived authenticity of the NPs post only (p = 0.01). Post authenticity enhanced post trustworthiness, but only when a heroic message appeal was used by the NP. When appropriate, NPs should convey positive emotions such as bravery and success to enhance the authenticity and trustworthiness of their posts.

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