The aim of this 10-part course is to build skills in applying evidence-based decision making to improve population health and advance health equity. Through presentations, practice exercises, and case examples, the course takes a ?hands-on? approach and emphasizes information that is readily available to busy practitioners.

After completing this course, you will be able to…
– Describe the basic concepts and the value of evidence-based decision making.
– Identify some sources and types of evidence.
– Recognize the importance of evidence-based decision making to advancing health equity.
– Describe several applications within public health practice that are based on strong evidence and several that are based on weak evidence.
– Define some barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health settings.