Ross C. Brownson, PhD, is Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. Elizabeth Baker, PhD, is Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Education at the Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice. Anjali D. Deshpande, PhD, MPH, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Director of the Master of Public Health program at the University of Iowa College of Public Health in Iowa City, IA. Kathleen N. Gillespie, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University.
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. The Need for Evidence-Based Public Health
2. Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Public Health
3. Assessing Scientific Evidence for Public Health Action
4. Understanding and Applying Economic Evaluation and Other Analytic Tools
5. Conducting Community Assessment
6. Developing an Initial Statement of the Issue
7. Quantifying the Issue
8. Searching the Scientific Literature and Using Systematic Reviews
9. Developing and Prioritizing Intervention Options
10. Developing an Action Plan and Implementing Interventions
11. Evaluating the Program or Policy
12. Opportunities for Advancing Evidence-Based Public Health
Glossary
Index
