Beyond Evidence Based Policy in Public Health The Interplay of Ideas
Description
This book 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.
Keywords
Social ScienceDisease & Health IssuesSociologyPolitical SciencePublic PolicySocial Services & WelfareSocial PolicyMedicalPublic HealthPublic Affairs & Administration
2013Book
Author(s)Katherine Smith
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137026576
LanguageEnglish
