Key messages
- There are guidelines and tools that assist in using research evidence or commissioning evaluations.
- There are guidelines on evidence-informed policy development and how to search for evidence of intervention effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
- There is also help on evaluation frameworks, tools and indicators.
These guidelines and tools help health promotion and disease prevention workforces to use research evidence, to conduct or commission good quality evaluations and encourage consistent and effective reporting of research evidence.
For an overview of the concepts involved, refer to Making decisions about interventions: A guide for evidence-informed policy and practice
Guidelines
- Making decisions about interventions: A guide for evidence-informed policy and practice
- Guidelines for evidence summaries for health promotion and disease prevention interventions
- Guidelines for evidence summaries for health promotion and disease prevention interventions - with implications for policy and practice
Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions
- How to search for evidence of intervention effectiveness and cost effectiveness
- How to use qualitative research evidence when making decisions about interventions
Evaluation
- Evaluation framework for health promotion and disease prevention programs
- Example evaluation plan for the HPC: BAEW community demonstration projects
- Indicators for nutrition, physical activity and obesity programs
- Evaluation tools for nutrition, physical activity and obesity programs
- Understanding program logic
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