Evidence-based medicine and public health

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) emphasizes the integration of the “best” evidence in clinical decision making and has become a dominant framework for practice over the past few decades. In that time, EBM thinking has been adopted by other health professions and fields, including public health. That has given rise to evidence-based public health (EBPH). However, application of the principles of EBM, which were established in light of the clinical …