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Chambers, Duncan; Rodgers, Mark; Preston, Louise; Dalton, Jane; Goyder, Elizabeth; Thomas, Sian; Street, Andrew; Eastwood, Alison – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2021
Background: Two UK academic centres were commissioned to provide a responsive rapid evidence synthesis service. The service covered topics identified by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services & Delivery Research (NIHR HSDR) programme as priorities for the National Health Service or to inform research commissioning. Aims and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Health Services, Foreign Countries
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Chambers, Duncan; Grant, Rod; Warren, Erica; Pearson, Sally-Anne; Wilson, Paul – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2012
Systematic reviews provide high-level evidence but there are barriers to their use by policy makers. This paper reports the preparation and evaluation of an evidence briefing, using systematic reviews and other existing sources of synthesised evidence, to support a possible reorganisation of services for young people with eating disorders in an…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Research Utilization, Decision Making, Case Studies
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Bunn, Frances; Sworn, Katie – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2011
The last few decades have seen a growing emphasis on evidence-based decision making in healthcare. Systematic reviews synthesising research have been a key component of this movement. However, there is concern that such syntheses do not have the expected impact on policy with more work needed to enable us to maximise their potential. The aim of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Health Services, Literature Reviews