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Policy Liaison Initiative
The Policy Liaison Initiative is an ongoing collaboration
between the Australasian Cochrane Centre and the Australian
Government Department of Health and Ageing that aims
to encourage and support evidence-based approaches to
policy making. Funded by Department of Health and Ageing,
the initiative aims to address barriers to using research
evidence, particularly Cochrane reviews. Hence the Evidence-Based
Policy Network (EBPN) was established within the Department
and is supported by a dedicated Policy Liaison Officer
based at the ACC and a website to disseminate project
outputs.
Project outputs include:
- web-based summaries of Cochrane reviews in National
Health Priority Areas plus reviews published by the
Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care
(EPOC) and Cochrane Consumers and Communication review
groups
- new and updated Cochrane reviews for each issue
of The Cochrane Library
- seminars and workshops for EBPN members
- regular bulletins highlighting new Cochrane reviews
and summaries, upcoming workshops or seminars and
useful resources and literature
- helpdesk
Centre staff involved include Sally Green, Marie Misso,
Sue Brennan, Miranda Cumpston, Hayley Barnes and Rebecca
Ryan.
Policy Liaison Initiative website:
www.cochrane.org.au/ebpnetwork
Contact:
marie.misso@med.monash.edu.au;
phone: 03 9594 7534.
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