Here is a resource from Professor John Kemm of the HIA Research Unit, Dept. of Epi & Public Health, University of Birmingham (U.K.).
Karen
Karen Serwonka, MHSc, Health Promotion Consultant
From: "John Kemm" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "K Serwonka" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: [SDOH] Limitations of "evidence-based" health policy - request for assistance
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:46:41 +0100
I try again - Hope it arrives this time.It is on PubMed but I am afraid the journal does not give free access to its papers. Most academic institutions will probably have access through an institutional subscription.This paper may be relevant.Kemm JR (2006) The limitations of evidence based public health. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 12, 319-324.
Not sure whether it count as solid academic work, polemic or rant.
Cheers
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From: Health Impact Assessment for the United Kingdom and Ireland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of K Serwonka
Sent: 06 October 2006 16:51
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Subject: FW: [SDOH] Limitations of "evidence-based" health policy - request for assistance
Dear colleagues,
Since evidence gathering is an important element of health impact assessment, I thought you - as colleagues on the HIA listserv - would be a great source of knowledge/wisdom for the request for assistance put forward by another Canadian colleague on the Social Determinants of Health listserv (see original message below).
As many of us would stand to learn from your responses, may I suggest you post them to the SDoH listserv directly via [log in to unmask].
The only response on the SDoH listserv to day is the recommendation by Prof. Dennis Raphael of the following resource:
BMJ 2001; 322:184-185 ( 27 January )EditorialsHow policy informs the evidence"Evidence based" thinking can lead to debased policy making...snip...Thanks in advance,Karen
Karen Serwonka, BA MHSc
Health Promotion Consultant
From: Ted Schrecker <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Social Determinants of Health <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [SDOH] Limitations of "evidence-based" health policy - request for assistance
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 06:07:52 -0400
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Dear Colleagues,
In the course of work on a paper on “policy space” for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, a very interesting point has come up having to do with how the current vogue for “evidence-based” health policy may tend to create a bias in favour of individualized remedies rather than collective choices or changes in social policy. If anyone on the list is aware of solid academic work (i.e., not just polemic) on this point, I would very much appreciate the citation or link. Please feel free to reply off-list if you prefer.
Ted Schrecker
Scientist/Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa
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