Manufacturing consensus: Independence in consensus statements in health

该项目计划对卫生领域共识声明中公共利益的价值、使用和保护进行首次国际系统调查。基于科学证据的共识声明是在不确定环境中推进政策和实践的有用平台。共识声明既承认证据的重要性，也承认采取行动的必要性。然而，人们担心，这些机构效率低下，容易被利益集团收买，并改变了人们对科学事业的看法。该项目旨在帮助为今后的进程提供信息，以平衡务实、科学和公众关切的方式，改进将证据纳入政策和实践的工作。

The project plans to conduct the first international systematic inquiry into the value, use and protection of public interest in consensus statements in health. Consensus statements based on scientific evidence are a useful platform to progress policy and practice in an environment of uncertainty. Consensus statements acknowledge both the importance of evidence but also the imperatives for action. However, there is concern that they are inefficient, easily co-opted by interest groups and have changed the way the enterprise of science is perceived. The project aims to help inform future processes for improving the incorporation of evidence in policy and practice in a way that balances pragmatic, scientific and public concerns.