LINKING HEALTH POLICY TO THE LATEST EVIDENCE

A collaborative project to make The Cochrane Library more accessible for policy makers

The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and the Australasian Cochrane Centre are working together on the Policy Liaison Initiative to encourage and support evidence-based approaches to policy making underpinned by Cochrane Reviews.  

The project aims to:

	help policy makers identify, interpret and apply evidence from The Cochrane Library by preparing summaries of Cochrane reviews
	inform policy makers about gaps in primary research and review activity
	encourage communication between policy makers and The Cochrane Collaboration

Policy Makers within the Department of Health and Ageing can participate in the initiative by joining the Evidence-Based Policy Network.  The Network will be your link to the project.  Outputs of the project can be accessed through this website.   

This initiative is funded by a grant from the Department of Health and Ageing. 

For each Australian National Health Priority Area follow the links above to find:

• summaries of Cochrane reviews
• topics covered by Cochrane and reviews produced so far
• Cochrane people and Australia's contribution
• priority areas for future research
• impact of reviews on health policy

Cochrane work on Effective Practice and Organisation of Care and Consumers and Communication is also included. 

• Bulletin - Edition 4 2008
• Upcoming workshops and seminars
• Workshop material and slides
• Helpdesk