Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy

2018/06/01 by Christl A. Donnelly, Ian L. Boyd, Philip Campbell +6 · 1 voice · 29 citations
Nursing · #Child Nutrition and Water Access

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05414-4

Abstract

Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues. Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible.

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Discussions

• Rigor, Inclusivity, Transparency, & Accessibility (RITA - appreciate the acronym Prof. Gerard created!), the four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy, are from doi.org/10.1038 [bsky, 17 points, 0 comments]

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