Rapid Evidence Assessment Toolkit index
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“….A Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) is a tool for getting on top of the available research evidence on a policy issue, as comprehensively as possible, within the constraints of a given timetable.
The need for reviewing evidence
The increasing prominence of evidence-based principles has led to a need for Government departments and agencies to have ways of accessing, harnessing and using the best available research evidence for effective policy making – and the first step in this is to review what is already known. While existing evidence is clearly not the only source of information available to policy-makers, it is an obvious and vitally important strategy to determine what is already known about the issue in question….”
Reviewing evidence properly takes time, but there are various techniques that can be used. This toolkit will help researchers to identify whether a Rapid Evidence Assessment is best for their needs, and help with the process of planning and carrying out a review….”
Rapid Evidence Assessment Toolkit
· Methods for reviewing evidence:
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