ORAL HEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROGRAM
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| Title |
The Use of Research Evidence in Public Health Policy Decision Making Has Not Been Documented |
| Clinical Question |
Are public health care policies based primarily on the best available research evidence? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
There is limited evidence to document that public health policy makes use of research evidence in public policy decision making. |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 21818262 | Orton/2011 | 1063 public health decision makers, 72 researchers, and 174 with overlapping roles | Systematic Review | | Key results | Out of 18 studies there was no dependable evidence as to the research being used in the decision-making processes. | |
| Evidence Search |
("Evidence-Based Practice"[Majr]) AND "Decision Making"[Mesh] |
Comments on
The Evidence |
Orton and colleagues reported a systematic review regarding the use of evidence in health care decision-making. Their methods were very detailed and their selection criteria appears to be valid. However, they found the evidence to be of low quality. |
| Applicability |
This research has focused on public health policy decision making rather than an individual's clinical decisions; a much more difficult thing to change and keep track of. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(Public Health) (Oral Medicine/Pathology/Radiology) (Endodontics) (General Dentistry) (Oral Surgery) (Orthodontics) (Pediatric Dentistry) (Periodontics) (Prosthodontics) (Restorative Dentistry) (Basic Science) (Dental Hygiene) (Behavioral Science) |
| Keywords |
Health care, Evidence-based practice, Decision Making
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| ID# |
2461 |
| Date of submission: |
03/21/2013 Revised: 04/09/2013 |
| E-mail |
martinla@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Leigh Martin |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
David Senn, DDS |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
SENN@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
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