The global focus on nation states’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has rightly highlighted importance of science and evidence as basis for policy action. Those with a lifelong passion evidence-based (EBP) have lauded Australia’s other nations’ breakthrough moment cause. This article reflects complexity public process, perspectives its various actors, draws Alford’s work Blue, Red Purple zone...

Evidence-based policy (EBP) is an aspiration rather than an accomplished outcome. The advocates of EBP urge the incorporation of rigorous research evidence into public policy debates and internal public sector processes for policy evaluation and program improvement. The primary goal is to improve the reliability of advice concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of policy settings and possib...

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 691–735 (2006) © 2006 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/pam.20202 Submissions to Policy Retrospectives should be sent to Douglas J. Besharov, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland/Ame...

Study objectives: To examine the proportion of the recent decline in coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths in Ireland attributable to (a) ‘‘evidence based’’ medical and surgical treatments, and (b) changes in major cardiovascular risk factors. Design setting: IMPACT, a previously validated model, was used to combine and analyse data on the use and effectiveness of specific cardiology treatments a...