Evidence‐Based Programming in the Context of Practice and Policy and commentaries

The purpose of this paper is to consider and assess how this process is often currently carried out, alternatives to the way evidence is summarized and brought to the process, factors in how communities attempt to use such knowledge to implement or create services, and how the general research enterprise could be broadened to be more helpful. The paper argues that the process could be improved if several of the procedures suggested were used and studied to a greater extent.