Department of Information, Evidence and Research; WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
Acting Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2018 Mar 5;23(12):793-794. doi: 10.26719/2017.23.10.793.
Health policies should be based on a sound understanding of the problems, issues and context in which they operate, for which they require reliable data and information for action. The policies should also be informed by the best available research evidence, which also helps in better capturing the problem, understanding existing trends and patterns, and setting reasonable objectives that can be achieved using effective interventions. More importantly, research can provide evidence of comparative effectiveness of alternative interventions for a given public health issue; the costs and feasibility of implementing each intervention; and efficiency of the proposed interventions (policies) in comparison with alternative interventions.
卫生政策应当基于对其运作中问题、议题和背景的正确认识，这需要有可靠的数据和信息作为行动依据。政策还应当以现有最佳研究证据为依据，这也有助于更好地发现问题、了解现有趋势和模式，并制定可以通过有效干预实现的合理目标。更重要的是，研究可以提供针对特定公共卫生问题的替代干预措施的相对有效性的证据；每种干预措施的实施成本和可行性；以及拟议干预措施（政策）与替代干预措施相比的效率。
