Use of evidence in local public health work in Denmark
| Autor: | Gabriel Gulis, Kjeld Møller Pedersen, Maja Larsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Response rate (survey)
medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Local Government business.industry Public health Data Collection Denmark Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Public relations Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Health promotion Environmental health Evidence-Based Practice medicine Public Health Practice Humans Public Health business Health policy |
| Zdroj: | Larsen, M, Gulis, G & Pedersen, K M 2012, ' Use of evidence in local public health work in Denmark ', International Journal of Public Health (Print Edition), vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 477-483 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-011-0324-y |
| ISSN: | 1661-8564 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00038-011-0324-y |
| Popis: | The aim was to investigate how and on which level evidence is used in policy processes related to local public health work in Denmark. A survey was carried out in municipalities in Denmark (n = 98, response rate 81%) with health managers as respondents. A large variation in understanding of the concept of evidence was found. Less than half of the health managers expressed that evidence is used at a high level. The health managers’ emphasis on use of evidence, political desire for use of evidence and evidence capacity were associated with the actual use. The health managers’ educational background and size of municipalities had no association to this. A request for more use of evidence was found. Barriers for this were conditions connected to time and competences. Increased collaboration between municipalities, collaboration with research units, and guidelines for evidence use were suggested as facilitators. There is a need for development and dissemination of methods for working with evidence-based public health in Danish municipalities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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