Evidence-informed policy-making: a glossary of key terms
A significant challenge within the ecosystem of evidence-informed policy-making is the absence of a shared vocabulary and consistent application of related terminology. Although various fields – including health, research, epidemiology and policy-making – offer definitions for certain terms, few are specifically tailored to evidence-informed policy-making, and none offer a fully comprehensive definition. As a result, there is considerable overlap among terms and confusion regarding their usage among practitioners and policy-makers. This glossary has been developed to address these gaps by clarifying the existing definitions of terms related to evidence-informed policy-making and by incorporating newly introduced terms previously lacking proper definitions.
