The Evidence for Action (EfA) team seeks to inform decision-making by providing effectiveness evidence, advice and expertise. The team sits within the Public Health Sciences Directorate of NHS Health Scotland and informs decision-making by providing effectiveness evidence, advice and expertise.
They do this by:
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gathering together evidence and evidence-informed recommendations relating to the effectiveness of action in key public health areas
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synthesising and communicating these pieces of information in ways that help policy-makers, organisations and practitioners to develop and deliver effective action
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promoting and contributing to the further development of approaches to evidence-informed decision-making.
Team members each hold portfolios for specific areas of health improvement approaches (some covering more than one portfolio). These include:
Evidence use and decision-making
Wider influences on health
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Health and place
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Health inequalities
Behaviours
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Alcohol
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Drug misuse
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Tobacco
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Physical activity
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Food and nutrition
Health endpoints
Life stages
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Early Years
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Childhood
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Adolescence
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Healthy Ageing
Settings
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Local Government
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Communities
Health services
To contact the team, please email us at: nhs.HealthScotland-EfAAdmin@nhs.net
Updated 12 January 2015