The Energy Information Administration, with its mission of providing "independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking" and "efficient markets," was created in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s because lawmakers believed that sound data could help the country avoid similar crises in the future.
The government has launched a new centre to promote evidence-based policymaking in public services.
In turn, that series helped inform an innovative approach from Melissa Pearson and colleagues whose article in HARPS combines policy sciences traditions with the focus on pathways provided by the SUPPORT tools to promote evidence informed policymaking.
Economic advisors have to be convincing for their colleagues in other ministries in promoting economic arguments in policymaking.
In fact we may broaden the basis of support for this openness with reference to other approaches in the familiar fields of risk governance and environmental science and policymaking that promote an 'open arms approach', such as the analytical-deliberative approach [ 21] and the extended peer review approach [ 22].
Policy dialogues facilitate interaction among policymakers, researchers and key stakeholders, and such interactions are known to promote the use of evidence in policymaking [ 3].
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of the influence of KT tools and aims to inform initiatives towards promoting evidence-informed policymaking by taking mental health as a case study.
Over the past decade, WHO has played an important role in promoting evidence-informed policymaking, from the 2004 Ministerial Summit on Health Research, held in Mexico [ 3], to the 2008 Bamako Call to Action on Research for Health [ 4] and, most recently, the 2012 WHO Strategy on Health Policy and Systems Research [ 5].
The resulting uneven policy landscape among states suggests a strong need for improved communication among state legislators, public health researchers, advocates and concerned citizen groups to promote more efficient and effective policymaking.
This could increase synergy and sustainability in promoting health and preventing disease, and promote physical activity in structural policymaking through different research and networking activities.
