Manufacturing consensus: Independence in consensus statements in health
Project Details
The project will conduct the first international systematic inquiry into the value, use and protection of public interest in Consensus Statements in health. Consensus Statements based on scientific evidence are a useful platform to progress policy and practice in an environment of uncertainty. Consensus Statements acknowledge both the importance of evidence but also the imperatives for action. However there is concern that they are inefficient, easily co-opted by interest groups and have changed the way the enterprise of science is perceived. The project will help inform future processes for improving the incorporation of evidence in policy and practice in a way that balances pragmatic, scientific and public concerns.
Researchers
Professor Margaret Kelaher, CHP, MSPGH
Professor Anthony Jorm, CMH, MSPGH
Professor Gary Freed, University of Michigan, USA
Dr Amal Trivedi, Brown University, USA
Funding
ARC DP
Current
Funding Centre
Centre for Health Policy
Funding Amount
$418,286
Research Group
School Research Themes
Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care
Key Contact
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Department / Centre
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