Evidence of mechanisms in evidence-based policy

Pérez-González, Saúl

doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.11.006

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.11.006

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Evidence of mechanisms in evidence-based policy

Saúl Pérez-González

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Evidence and Computer Simulations in Public Health

Iranzo,

Pérez-González

2024

glob. Philosophy

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In the last decades, the evidence-based approach has become dominant in the biomedical sciences. Its influence has extended from clinical practice to other areas such as drug regulation and public health. Nonetheless, given the limitations of the evidence-based framework, a more pluralist approach towards evidence has been demanded. In this sense, evidential pluralism holds that evidence of mechanisms should complement statistical evidence. This paper aims to explore and discuss the prospects of evidential pluralism in public health. First, we will analyse the evidential standards of the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Those standards are argued to be in line with the pluralist approach. Second, we will consider the main challenges for gathering evidence of mechanisms in public health. For that purpose, diverse types of evidence of mechanisms will be identified. And third, we will assess the role of agent-based models as mechanistic studies. Based on a case study, we will discuss whether agent-based models can provide evidence of mechanisms and mitigate the abovementioned challenges.

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Evidence and Computer Simulations in Public Health

Iranzo,

Pérez-González

2024

glob. Philosophy

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Nursing Theory Today: What, Why, How

Reed

2024

Nurs Sci Q

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Theory is a key component in nursing scholarship. A fundamental aim of nursing scholarship is to generate understanding of processes and human experiences of health. The combined practices of nursing science and the profession can be uniquely beneficial to theory development. However, traditional views of science in nursing may dampen the synergy between these two practices for developing nursing theories. In this article, I present particular ideas about nursing theory today, including some traditions that we may need to transcend, drawing from current thinking in philosophy of science and nursing science.

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Evidence of mechanisms in evidence-based policy

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