Assessing Evidence to improve Population Health and Wellbeing

Written to support practitioners undertaking a Masters in public health, this book considers the main concepts, issues and methodologies of the second core competence of the Public Health Skills and Career Framework: ′Assessment of evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, programmes and services to improve population health and wellbeing′. Coverage includes the theoretical definition of evidence and its use in public health, the role of critical appraisal methods and tools in evidence assessment and how Effectiveness, Efficiency and Quality inform evidence. The book is packed with case studies and activities to help link theory and practice and prompt personal reflection.

About the Author

Carmen graduated in Psychology and finished her PhD in Research and Methods [health psychology] in 2005. She has worked in research and academia in Public Health since 1998 for institutions such the University of East London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Imperial College and Andalusian School of Public Health. During the last twelve years she has been working in Public Health research on drug dependences and HIV. Currently Carmen is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in the University of East London and Program Leader of the Post-Graduate programs in Public Health and Health Promotion.