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Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides sector-by-sector analysis of evidence use in policy-making and service delivery. It considers some cross-cutting themes, including a section of international commentaries, and concludes by looking at lessons from the past and prospects for the future.
This book will be of interest to a wide range of social science researchers, students and practitioners as well as those interested in supporting more evidence-informed policy and practice.
List of contents
What Works Now? An introduction ~ Annette Boaz, Huw Davies, Alec Fraser and Sandra Nutley;
Section one: Policy and practice as arenas for evidence;
Evidence and policy making ~ Paul Cairney;
Evidence and service delivery ~ Graham P. Martin and Oli Williams;
Section two: Fields of policy and practice intervention;
Using evidence in health and healthcare ~ Paul Wilson and Trevor A. Sheldon;
Using evidence in social care ~ Deborah Ghate and Rick Hood;
Using evidence in criminal justice ~ Nicholas R. Fyfe and Gloria Laycock;
Using evidence in education ~ Julie Nelson and Carol Campbell;
Using evidence in environmental and sustainability issues ~ Mark Reed and Laura Meagher;
Using evidence in international development ~ Ruth Stewart;
Section three: Knowing and doing: some cross-cutting themes;
Systematic approaches to generating evidence ~ Alec Fraser and Huw Davies;
Assessing and labelling evidence ~ Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies and Judith Hughes;
Using evidence ~ Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley;
Section four: International comparison and commentary;
Using evidence in the UK ~ Jonathan Breckon & David Gough;
Using evidence in Australia and New Zealand ~ Brian Head and Michael Di Francesco;
Using evidence in Scandinavia ~ Anne Mette Møller, Kari Tove Elvbakken and Hanne Foss Hansen;
Using evidence in Canada ~ Bev Holmes and Sharon Straus;
Using evidence in the US ~ Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn;
Conclusions: lessons from the past; prospects for the future ~ Huw Davies, Annette Boaz, Sandra Nutley, Alec Fraser.
About the author
Annette Boaz is Professor of Health Care Research in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's University of London.
Huw Davies is Professor of Health Care Policy & Management at the University of St Andrews, and co-founder of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU).
Alec Fraser is a Lecturer in Government & Business at King's Business School, Kings College London.
Sandra Nutley is Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews, and a specialist in using evidence to inform public policy and practice.
Summary
Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a clearly-structured review of the aspirations and contemporary realities of evidence-informed policy and practice.
