Objective There has been increasing frustration in the field of public health with the lack of uptake of research evidence, and continued difficulties in getting evidence of effective health interventions into policy and practice. Calls have often been made to ‘bridge the gap’ between researchers and policy makers, yet little work has been done to analyse the political factors influencing research-to-policy process in public health, and the ways national governments may respond to these challenges. We airm to take the next step in improving the use of evidence in health policy by integrating political data and analysis into efforts to build the government institutions and responses which take up research evidence. Specifically we will apply political science theories and methods from the sub-fields of policy analysis, and public administration to achieve this end. These disciplines have not yet been applied to the challenge of getting evidence into policy in health. A programme of work drawing on these fields can take the next step in the evidence-based health policy movement. The work will map out the multiple political challenges to evidence use, while providing recommendations on how to build government structures supportive of evidence informed policy in particular policy contexts. We will review existing literature, construct a conceptual framework linking political insights with national responses, conduct empirical case studies across a range of countries, and develop a tool to improve government responses to the use of evidence in public health. Finally this programme will work to create a center of excellence on the study of evidence and policy in health. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthsocial sciencespolitical sciencespublic administration Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-LS7 - Applied life sciences, biotechnology and bioengineering: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry/food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology. Call for proposal ERC-2011-StG_20101109 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Coordinator LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE ROYAL CHARTER Address Keppel street WC1E 7HT London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fiona Marquet (Ms.) Principal investigator Justin Oliver Parkhurst (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Beneficiaries (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE ROYAL CHARTER United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 424 253,85 Address Keppel street WC1E 7HT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fiona Marquet (Ms.) Principal investigator Justin Oliver Parkhurst (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TECNICAS DE SALUD, S.A. Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 72 149,15 Address Avenida lepanto 2 41927 Mairena del aljarafe See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antonio Moreno (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
