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Supporting Routine Use of Evidence During Policy-Making

Medium 15 items · 30 min
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This checklist helps policy teams, program managers, and advisors build simple systems and habits to use evidence consistently during policy-making. Inspired by World Health Organization guidelines. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Inspired by World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional where applicable.

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  1. Define which policy decisions require evidence — List decision types and triggers that must use evidence.
  2. Identify specific evidence needs for each decision — Specify data types, timeframes, and quality requirements.
  3. Map stakeholders, experts, and data owners to consult — Include internal staff, external researchers, and community reps.
  4. Establish clear standards for acceptable evidence — Define acceptable study types, recency, and relevance criteria.
  5. Create a central, searchable evidence repository — Use tags and metadata so evidence is easy to find.
  6. Set data access, sharing and privacy procedures — Clarify permissions, embargoes, and confidentiality rules.
  7. Schedule regular evidence briefings for policy teams — Plan short updates timed before decision meetings.
  8. Require a concise evidence summary with each proposal — Include key findings, quality, and uncertainties.
  9. Train staff in basic evidence appraisal — Cover bias, applicability, and interpreting results.
  10. Provide appraisal tools and summary templates — Share checklists and one-page brief templates for use.
  11. Organize short hands-on workshops for officials — Use case studies to practice applying evidence.
  12. Allocate dedicated time and budget for evidence tasks — Plan staff hours, training funds, and tool subscriptions.
  13. Monitor and log how evidence influenced decisions — Keep a simple record linking evidence to outcomes.
  14. Evaluate evidence-use practices and update processes — Review annually and implement improvements.
  15. Communicate decisions and the supporting evidence publicly — Publish summaries so stakeholders understand the rationale.
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