Evidence-to-decision frameworks: a review and analysis to inform decision-making for environmental health interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-to-decision (EtD) frameworks provide a structured and transparent approach for groups of experts to use when formulating recommendations or making decisions. While extensively used for clinical and public health recommendations, EtD frameworks are not in widespread use in environmental health. This review sought to identify, compare and contrast key EtD frameworks for decisions on interventions used in clinical medicine, public health or environmental health. This information can be used to develop an EtD framework suitable for formulating recommendations for interventions in environmental health.

Methods

We identified a convenience sample of EtD frameworks used by a range of organizations. We searched Medline for systematic reviews of frameworks. We summ

SUBMITTER: Norris SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature