Purpose
Explore practical policy-relevant tools, trainings, and resources for analyzing and evaluating public health policy.
Explore practical policy-relevant tools, trainings, and resources for analyzing and evaluating public health policy.
What's included
Additional Resources
Quick Start Guide to Using Evidence Based Policy at the Local-Level
Describes several "quick-start elements" for engaging in a policy process which can help to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based policies in an accessible way. Designed to support public health practitioners and their partners as they seek to leverage policy to address the public health needs of their communities, the guide illustrates a practical, applied policy process that health agency staff can use based on their practices.
Using Evaluation to inform CDC's Policy Process
As an overarching domain, evaluation can inform all domains of the Policy Process. This document is intended to provide information and examples in order to
- Improve our understanding of evaluation as it applies to the five specific domains of the Policy Process.
- Recognize the value of, and opportunities for, policy evaluation.
- Improve our ability to evaluate one or more specific domains of the Policy Process.
- Understand the importance of using evaluation findings to inform the evidence base.
This document then provides examples of how to use evaluation to inform each of the specific domains of the Policy Process