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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
5083.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:50 AM

Abstract #121890

Sound science and junk politics: Public health policy in the balance

Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, F561D Health Sciences Center, Box 357234, Seattle, WA 98195, 206-897-1652, masilver@u.washington.edu

Effective and sound public health policy requires an open deliberative process to ensure a thoughtful balance among scientific evidence, politics and values. A lack of deliberation and the disruption of balance result in the misuse of science and lead to outcomes that serve private rather than public interests. This presentation will examine these relationships within the three branches of government, using the regulation of workplace ergonomics as one example. Suggestions for strengthening scientific integrity in public health policy will be presented.

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

[ Recorded presentation ] Recorded presentation

Evidence in the Policy Process: Whose Evidence Is Used, Why and How?

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA