Evidence-based public health is defined
as the development, implementation,
and evaluation of effective programs
and policies in public health through
application of principles of scientific
reasoning, including systematic uses
of data and information systems, and
appropriate use of behavioral science
theory and program planning models.
Source: Brownson, Ross C., Elizabeth A.
Baker, Terry L. Leet, and Kathleen
N. Gillespie, Editors. Evidence-Based
Public Health. New York: Oxford University