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What Works: Evidence‐based Policy and Practice in Public Services

What Works: Evidence‐based Policy and Practice in Public Services What Works: Evidence‐based Policy and Practice in Public Services By H. Davies , S.M. Nutley and P.C. Smith (Eds ). The Policy Press , Bristol ( 2000 ), £17.99 (paperback) , 380 pp . ISBN 186134 191 1 . What works provides a valuable contribution to what is becoming an increasingly vociferous debate on evidence‐based policy and practice. From its origins in medicine, the evidence‐based movement has, over the last 10 years, had a profound and significant impact across the broad field of health‐care, extending its influence to other disciplines such as education, social services and the policy process more generally. Integral to the modernisation agenda of the current Labour administration, the emphasis on ‘evidence’ in policy and practice reflects increasing public and political scepticism towards the actions of professionals charged with delivering public services. It can be attributed to the growth of a well informed and well educated public, the explosion in the availability of information fuelled by developments in information technology, the development in size and capacity of the research community, and the increased focus on effectiveness and accountability in government. At the same time, as evidence‐based policy and practice (the more generic term) has expanded http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Health & Social Care in the Community Wiley

What Works: Evidence‐based Policy and Practice in Public Services

Godfrey, Mary
Health & Social Care in the Community , Volume 9 (6) – Nov 1, 2001
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Copyright © 2001 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0966-0410
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1365-2524
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10.1046/j.0966-0410.2001.10281.x
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What Works: Evidence‐based Policy and Practice in Public Services By H. Davies , S.M. Nutley and P.C. Smith (Eds ). The Policy Press , Bristol ( 2000 ), £17.99 (paperback) , 380 pp . ISBN 186134 191 1 . What works provides a valuable contribution to what is becoming an increasingly vociferous debate on evidence‐based policy and practice. From its origins in medicine, the evidence‐based movement has, over the last 10 years, had a profound and significant impact across the broad field of health‐care, extending its influence to other disciplines such as education, social services and the policy process more generally. Integral to the modernisation agenda of the current Labour administration, the emphasis on ‘evidence’ in policy and practice reflects increasing public and political scepticism towards the actions of professionals charged with delivering public services. It can be attributed to the growth of a well informed and well educated public, the explosion in the availability of information fuelled by developments in information technology, the development in size and capacity of the research community, and the increased focus on effectiveness and accountability in government. At the same time, as evidence‐based policy and practice (the more generic term) has expanded

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