Beyond Evidence Based Policy in Public Health: The Interplay of Ideas

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.

Author: K. Smith
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/10/2013
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137026576

About the Author
Katherine Smith is Reader in the Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research interests include health inequalities, policy change and the influence of private and third sector organisations on policy.