Health Education Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, 125-129,
April 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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The role of theory in evidence-based health promotion practice
Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion, School of Health and Community Care, Leeds Metropolitan University
The recent emphasis on evidence-based practice must cbe welcomed as part of the general move to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health promotion interventions. This Editorial aims to re-focus attention on the role of theory in the context of evidence-based practice. It argues that empirical evidence alone is insufficient to direct practice, and that recourse to the explanatory and predictive capability of theory is essential to the design of both programmes and evaluations.
The response to the current need for evidence has been two-fold. On the one hand, we have witnessed an increase in the number of published systematic reviews [e.g. by the Cochrane Collaboration, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, and International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUPHE)], together with a call for more robust evaluations from the field. On the other hand, there has been considerable debate about the nature of evidence and how we can
Theory into practice
Theory and evaluation
Building theory—an evolving cycle
Concluding remarks
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