Maryam Wardeh

Supporting Debate motion” Evidence-Based is essential for policy making”

Collins English dictionary. (1994). Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

Policymaking according to Collins English dictionary is formulation of ideas or plans that are used by an
organization or government as a basis for making decisions.
Sutcliffe S. (2005). Evidence Based policymaking: What is it? How does it work? What
relevance for Developing countries?. Oversea Development Institute.
This article summarizes the lessons and approaches from EBP used by UK government. It discusses the
challenges facing EBP and suggest some solution to apply these approaches in developing countries.
Evidence-Based policymaking: is a set of methods which inform the policy process, rather than aiming to
directly affect the eventual goals of the policy. It advocates a more rational rigorous and systematic
approaches (Sophie, 2005)
Parkhurst, Justin and Ettelt, Stefanie and Hawkins, Benjamin, eds. (2018) Evidence use in
health policy making: an international public policy perspective. International series on public
policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN
9783319934662
Evidence Based health policy making is essential for making decision using rational analysis and
available evidence to identify more effective, cost effective interventions to achieve the policy goals
(Parkhurst,2018)
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute
Coronary Events. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the
Evidence. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010.
This book discusses the Effects of Ban of cigarettes in Public places on second hand smoker with
cardiovascular diseases.
One of the successful examples of Evidence-based policies is Tobacco control policy in USA. It started in
1964 when the first research paper of the adverse health effect of smoking on individuals. It was followed
with policy regarding labeling cigarettes packets with warnings, then a policy regarding Ban of cigarettes
advertisements on TVs and radios. By 1972 a new research was published on the consequences of
smoking on second hand smokers. This was followed by banning smoking in public
Until 1990, many researches and Studies were done on smoking effects which resulted in most
workspaces, governmental and private sectors had a smoke-free environment. (Institute of Medicine US,
2010).