Many academics have strong incentives to influence policymaking, but may not know where
to start. We searched systematically for, and synthesised, the 'how to'advice in the academic …

There is a significant gap between researchers' production of evidence and its use by
policymakers. Several knowledge transfer strategies have emerged in the past years to …

For decades, the question of how evidence influences policy and practice has captured our
attention, cutting across disciplines and policy/practice domains. All academics, funders, and …

This article resulted from our participation in the session on the “role of expert opinion and
judgment in statistical inference” at the October 2017 ASA Symposium on Statistical …

The knowledge-practice gap in public health is widely known. The importance of using
different types of evidence for the development of effective health promotion has also been …

Evidence plays a growing role in public administration worldwide. We analyze the
perceptions of policy actors, using Q methodology and a structured questionnaire, which …

While robust evidence is one ingredient in the policymaking process, it is by no means the
only one. Engaging with policymakers and the policymaking process requires collaborative …

Evidence-based medicine is often described as the 'template'for evidence-based
policymaking. EBM has evolved over the last 70 years, and now tends to be …

Background Local governments play an important role in improving public health outcomes
globally, critical to this work is applying the best-available research evidence. Despite …

Background Dissemination is a critical element of the knowledge translation pathway, and a
necessary step to ensure research evidence is adopted and implemented by key end users …