Public health research: Lost in translation or speaking the wrong language?

S.M. Kansagra and T.A. Farley

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 12, 2203-2206

Abstract: Public health leaders, like physicians, need to make decisions that impact health based on strong evidence. To generate useful evidence for public health leaders, research must focus on interventions that have potential to impact population-level health. Often policy and environmental changes are the in-terventionswiththegreatest potential impact on population health, but studying these is difficult because of limitations in the methods typically used and emphasized in health research. To create useful evidence forpolicyandenvironmental interventions, other research methodsare needed,includ-ing observational studies, the use of surveillance data for evaluation, and predictive mathematical modeling. More emphasis is needed on these types of study designs by researchers, funding agencies, and scientific journals.

Date: 2011
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