Public health and evidence-based medicine

2006 ◽  
pp. 295-302
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-Based Decision-Making (Part 1): Origins and Evolution in the Health Sciences

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Expertise ◽  
Strength Of Evidence ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

AbstractEvidence is defined as data on which a judgment or conclusion may be based. In the early 1990s, medical clinicians pioneered evidence-based decision-making. The discipline emerged as the use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence-based medicine required the integration of individual clinical expertise with the best available, external clinical evidence from systematic research and the patient's unique values and circumstances. In this context, evidence acquired a hierarchy of strength based upon the method of data acquisition.Subsequently, evidence-based decision-making expanded throughout the allied health field. In public health, and particularly for populations in crisis, three major data-gathering tools now dominate: (1) rapid health assessments; (2) population based surveys; and (3) disease surveillance. Unfortunately, the strength of evidence obtained by these tools is not easily measured by the grading scales of evidence-based medicine. This is complicated by the many purposes for which evidence can be applied in public health—strategic decision-making, program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Different applications have different requirements for strength of evidence as well as different time frames for decision-making. Given the challenges of integrating data from multiple sources that are collected by different methods, public health experts have defined best available evidence as the use of all available sources used to provide relevant inputs for decision-making.

Using Science-Based Guidelines to Shape Public Health Law

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 65-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Zaza ◽  
John Clymer ◽  
Linda Upmeyer ◽  
Stephen B. Thacker
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Based Medicine

Compared to evidence-based public health, evidence-based medicine is a more familiar phrase. Evidence-based medicine has become increasingly popular in the past decade, due in large part to the emergence of computerized database search technology and advanced statistical tools which allow researchers to quickly identify and summarize vast amounts of scientific information.Today, the concept of evidence-based public health is gaining momentum and has grown in popularity. However, the term “evidence-based” lacks clarification and is subject to a variety of interpretations. The evidence that supports evidence-based medicine or public health may include individual experience, anecdotal information, the content of a single scientific article, or the results of a sophisticated systematic review of scientific literature. The imprecise language used to describe evidence leads to confusion over what types of evidence are most appropriate in answering different types of questions.

Re: Flaws in evidence-based medicine methodologies may adversely affect public health directives (Surgery 2005;137:280-4.)

Surgery ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-409
Author(s):  
J.B. Dixon ◽  
F.F. Horber ◽  
S. Rössner ◽  
S. Stiles ◽  
J.S. Torgerson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

Modern aspects of the etiology and pathogenesis of urolithiasis

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Glebovich Vasilyev ◽  
Nair Sabirovich Tahirov ◽  
Toirhon Haknazarovich Nazarov ◽  
Said Akramovich Madjidov ◽  
Mahomed Alievich Akhmedov
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Treatment Methods ◽  
Based Medicine

Urolithiasis is one of the most actual public health problems world-wide, its prevalence is growing annually. Study of the problem of urolithiasis appeared in recent years to a new level due to changes in the multidisciplinary approach and the principles of evidence-based medicine. Expanding the study of etiology and pathogenesis of the disease, development and application of high-tech diagnostic and treatment methods have enabled solve many problems and deliver new ones, identify prospects for future scientific and practical works. The article provides an overview of modern data concerning the etiology and pathogenesis of urolithiasis.

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