Evaluating the effect of policies and interventions to address health inequalities

Question 1

What is evidence informed policy making ?

Answer 1

• An approach for making decisions
• Based on best quality evidence available
  : one of the most reliable forms of evidence comes from randomized controlled trials

Question 2

Why is it important to increase the input of epidemiologists into the policy making process ?

Answer 2

• Its because of their expertise in study design , data collection methods and analysis to provide high quality evidence for policy development and assessment and program evaluation