Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]

Table 1. Comparison of the Types of Scientific Evidence

S/N	Characteristic	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3
1	Typical data/relationship	Size and strength of preventable risk - disease relationship (measures of burden, etiologic research)	Relative effectiveness of public health intervention	Information on the adaptation and translation of an effective intervention

2.	Common setting	Clinic or controlled community setting	Socially intact groups or community-wide	Socially intact groups or community-wide
3.	Example	Smoking results in lung cancer.	Price upsurges from a targeted media campaign decrease the rates of smoking.	Comprehending the political problems of increase in price or aiming at media messages toward specific audience segments

4.	Quantity	More	Less	Less
5.	Action	Something must be done.	These specific priorities must be implemented.	How can this intervention be implemented