Databases as policy instruments. About extending networks as evidence-based policy

Databases as policy instruments. About extending networks as evidence-based policy

BACKGROUND This article seeks to identify the role of databases in health policy. Access to information and communication technologies has changed traditional relationships between the state and professionals, creating new systems of surveillance and control. As a result, databases may have a profound effect on controlling clinical practice. METHODS We conducted three case studies to reconstr...

Models: instruments for evidence based policy.

Policy dismantling as evidence-based practice

Problems to be addressed: Every year approximately 100,000 youths under the age of 18 are admitted to adult jails across the country. These youths are in extreme danger. Many children are placed in solitary confinement which can cause anxiety, paranoia, and exacerbate existing mental disorders putting youths at increased risk of suicide. Youths housed in adult jails are 36 times more likely to ...

Evidence based policy or policy based evidence?

Market-based Environmental Policy Instruments