Authors: Nick Andrews, John Gabbay, Andreé Le-May, Emma Miller, Alison Petch and Martin O’Neill. This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 30 September 2020. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Getting research into practice is easier said than done, particularly in fast-paced and often under-resourced health and social care services. This is the story of how we achieved a good measure of success by taking a caring, inclusive and storytelling approach across six sites in Wales and Scotland, involving olde

Author: Justin Parkhurst This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 16 September 2020. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Justin Parkhurst What does it mean to use evidence in policymaking? This seemingly simple question has been remarkably under-defined in all the calls for increased use of evidence. Indeed, many of those who champion ‘evidence-based policymaking’ do little to explain what it means for a policy to be evidence-based, and have trouble explaining what evidence use actually means when decisi

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura M.D., PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 229. The Number of Patients Is Not a Parameter for a Disaster’s Impacts When researching the post–nuclear disaster public health situation in Fukushima, one may encounter many figures used to express whether the number of patients with certain illnesses has increased or decreased. While these figures enable us to comprehend the current circumstances at a glance, we must be aware of several things to understand what these figures represent. The last article addressed how newly invented surgical methods and medical instruments, the revision of clinical guidelines, and the advancement of screening methods can inc

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura M.D., PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 227. The Aim of the Cancer Registry System Is to Understand the Number of Cancer Patients When researching the post–nuclear disaster public health situation in Fukushima, one may encounter many figures used to express whether the number of the patients with certain illnesses has increased or decreased. While these figures enable us to comprehend the current circumstances at a glance, we must be aware of several things to understand what these figures represent. In order to learn the current conditions regarding cancer and develop necessary countermeasures, it is important to determine the number of people with

Authors: Penelope Hawe This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 2nd September 2020. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Our university-policy maker partnership produces ‘fake’ abstracts of articles we’ve not written yet (on results we frankly don’t even know we’ve got) to loosen up thinking. It helps the team visualise pathways for policy action. Penelope Hawe Ours is a tricky situation, politically-speaking. A health department is undertaking Australia’s largest ever scale-up of evidence-based childhood

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura M.D., PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 225. Extra Attention Should Be Paid to the Figures Used to Express Numbers of Patients Developing Certain Diseases in the Post-disaster Period When researching the post?nuclear disaster public health situation in Fukushima, you may encounter many figures used to express whether the number of patients with certain illnesses has increased or decreased. While these figures enable us to comprehend the current circumstances at a glance, one must be aware of several things to understand what these figures represent. Let’s take the common cold as an example. Some people get major cold symptoms and go to the hospital,

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 223. Genetic damage can be self-repaired 21.04.2019 There is persistent public concern that additional radiation exposure caused by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident might cause adverse health effects in future generations. However, considering the current circumstances, the radiation exposure from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is unlikely to cause genetic health effects among members of the next generation. Since the early 20th century, much research has been conducted on the transgenerational genetic risk of radiation exposure worldwide. In 1927, Dr. Hermann J. Muller, an American geneticist, di