Persuasive evidence on HIV policy

Persuasive Definitions and Public Policy Arguments

ion. For Perelman, a definition should always be regarded as an argument, and should be evaluated as an argument. A definition should not be categorized as either purely arbitrary or as purely descriptive accounts of fixed meanings. The approach to definitions taken in the new dialectic is directly at odds with these popular views. In the new dialectic, argumentation is always evaluated as used...

Evidence on salt and blood pressure is consistent and persuasive.

HIV/AIDS policy agenda setting in Iran

Background: HIV/AIDS control are one of the most important goals of the health systems. The aim of this study was to determine how HIV/AIDS control was initiated among policy makers’ agenda setting in Iran.   Methods: A qualitative research (semi-structured interview) was conducted using Kingdon’s framework (problem, policy and politics streams, and policy windows and policy...

Evidence-Based Policy on Deworming

We read with interest ‘‘Does Deworming Improve Growth and School Performance in Children?’’ (published in this issue [1]), a summary of the 2007 Cochrane systematic review by David Taylor-Robinson and colleagues. Their previous systematic review [2], published in the BMJ, has been subject to substantial criticism by various authors and institutions [3–7]. Taylor-Robinson and colleagues have now...

Evidence based policy or policy based evidence?