Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness-feasibility loop

• Main Authors: Sarah Bowman (Author), Nigel Unwin (Author), Julia Critchley (Author), Simon Capewell (Author), Abdullatif Husseini (Author), Wasim Maziak (Author), Shahaduz Zaman (Author), Habiba Ben Romdhane (Author), Fouad Fouad (Author), Peter Phillimore (Author), Belgin Unal (Author), Rana Khatib (Author), Azza Shoaibi (Author), Balsam Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Public policy plays a key role in improving population health and in the control of diseases, including non-communicable diseases. However, an evidence-based approach to formulating healthy public policy has been difficult to implement, partly on account of barriers that hinder integrated work betwe...