Research during and following the outbreak can also be important for developing effective treatments and preventive measures, and for guiding public health policies.
An assessment of the efficacy of disease control measures is essential for guiding future policy.
The likely utility of this approach includes the benefit that specific construct measures may be useful for guiding city planning and transportation decisions.
The SCIP proved to be a reliable and discriminating measure of satisfaction suitable for guiding the tailoring of information for patients with head and neck cancer.
Other topics covered were participatory action research design, development of theoretical frameworks or production of toolkits for consumer feedback and consultation [ 16], and development of conceptual frameworks for guiding or measuring processes [ 27].
The method demonstrates a way to measure the EKF computation error, which is crucial for guiding the conversion process.
The ceramic RF properties have been measured on a test sample to get realistic values for guiding the design.
Source apportionment is critical for guiding development of efficient watershed nitrogen (N) pollution control measures.
A 2010 study by the National Research Council determined that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacks adequate risk measures to guide strategic investment decisions for protecting the critical infrastructure.
Absolute risks, however, such as the proportion of clinical events among a cohort of patients or the response rate among patients receiving a certain treatment regimen, are important measures for helping to guide clinical and public health decisions.
However, there is currently no acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold for this measure to guide in decision-making.
