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Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]
Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
| Vol 1, Issue 1
Table 5. Potential Barriers and Solutions for Use of Evidence-Based DecisionMaking in Environmental/Public Health
| S/N | Barrier | Potential Solution |
| 1. | Inadequate resources | Commitment to increase funding for prevention and rectifying staff shortages |
| 2. | Leadership lacks and uncertainty in setting a clear and focused agenda for evidence-based approaches | Commitment from all levels of environmental/public health leaders to increase the understanding of the value of EBEPH approaches |
| 3. | Inadequate incentives for using evidence-based approaches | Identification of new ways of shaping organizational culture toward supporting EBEPH |
| 4. | Inadequate view of the long-term “horizon” for program implementation and evaluation | Adoption and adherence to causal frameworks and formative evaluation plans |
| 5. | External (including political) pressures drive the process away from an evidence-based approach | Systematic communication and dissemination strategies |
| 6. | Inadequate training in key public health disciplines | Wider dissemination of new and established training programs, including use of distance learning technologies |
| 7. | Inadequate time to gather information, analyze data, and review the literature for evidence | Enhanced skills for efficient analysis and review of the literature, computer searching abilities, use of systematic reviews |
| 8. | Inadequate evidence on the effectiveness of certain environmental/public health interventions for special populations | Increased funding for applied environmental/public health research; better dissemination of findings |
| 9. | Inadequate information on implementation of interventions | A greater emphasis on building the evidence base for external validity |
Source: Adapted from Brownson et al., [38]