Abstract

CEDIEL-BECERRA, Natalia M  and  KRAUSE, Gérard. Evidence-based public health decision-making tools which can also be used for prioritising disease. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.5, pp.694-706. ISSN 0124-0064.

ABSTRACT he use ofresearch-basedevidence has been promoted during recentyears, due to the increasingdevelopment ofevidence-basedmedicine,andit has been reported that transferringthe concept of "evidence-based" fromclinical to public health practice hasnot beenas straightforwardas expected.Much research-based evidence for supporting publichealth recommendationshas come fromstudies whose evidence has been qualified as beinglow or very lowquality in the medicalhierarchy based onclassicevidence and the grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE)approach. Thispaper was aimed at presentingtwo methods ofratingevidence, as well as their limitations and applicationsas public health decision-making tools.

Keywords : Decision-making; public health; health priority.

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