Achieving and Sustaining Evidence-Informed Policy Making: Effective Communication and Collaboration Can Go a Long Way
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Diana Warira; Eunice Mueni; Elizabeth Gay; Marlene Lee
- Source
- Science Communication. 39:382-394
- Subject
- Value (ethics)
education.field_of_study
Sociology and Political Science
Policy making
business.industry
05 social sciences
Population
050401 social sciences methods
Evidence informed
Public relations
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
0504 sociology
030212 general & internal medicine
business
education
Research evidence
- Language
- ISSN
- 1552-8545
1075-5470
Increasingly, decision makers are recognizing the value of evidence in formulating sound and sustainable policies. More researchers have also become concerned with ensuring that their evidence reaches policy makers. It is emerging that researchers and policy makers do not speak to each other as much as they should. This commentary shares examples of how population researchers and communications experts have collaborated to overcome the research-to-policy gap and to connect policy makers with research evidence.