Friday, August 31, 2012

From U Queensland-Australia: Provision and use of evidence in the Tobacco Harm Prevention Law in Vietnam

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22932025


 2012 Aug 30. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2012.28. [Epub ahead of print]

Translating knowledge into policy: Provision and use of evidence in the Tobacco Harm Prevention Law in Vietnam.

Source

The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.

Abstract

Vietnam is currently considering a Tobacco Harm Prevention Law and the Ministry of Health has been asked to provide supporting evidence. This analysis explores factors influencing uptake of evidence in that legislation process. The political environment reflects the government's ambivalence over how to balance health and socioeconomic issues of tobacco control in a state-owned industry. Although the growing presence of transnational tobacco companies is alarming, the role of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in prompting government compliance with set milestones is encouraging. Evidence of effectiveness of interventions for health needs now to be complemented with socioeconomic evaluation, and strengthening of the ties between advocates and decision makers.

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