Domain 10: Evidence-based Practices
Contribute to and Apply the Evidence Base of Public Health
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Domain 10 focuses on the role that health departments play in building and advancing the science of public health. Public health is strengthened when its practitioners continually add to the body of evidence for promising practices — those practices that have the potential to become evidence-based over time. Health departments should employ evidence-based practices for increased effectiveness and credibility. Health departments also have important roles in developing new evidence. Health departments should apply innovation and creativity in providing public health services appropriate for the populations they serve.
Domain 10 Evidence-based Practice
Domain 10 includes two (2) standards:
| Standard 10.1: | Identify and Use the Best Available Evidence for Making Informed Public Health Practice Decisions |
| Standard 10.2: | Promote Understanding and Use of the Current Body of Research Results, Evaluations, and Evidence-based Practices with Appropriate Audiences |