Uplifting Contextual & Experiential Evidence—Strategies to Strengthen Evidence-Based Decision Making

Building off of the CDC's Framework for Thinking about Evidence, UCEE seeks to elevate and integrate Contextual (i.e., measurable factors in a community) and Experiential (i.e., the collective experience and expertise of community residents and practitioners, or lived experience) Evidence alongside Best Available Evidence (i.e., peer-reviews, published scientific literature) for evidence-informed decision-making. This project complements Prevention Institute’s Health Equity in Practice (HEiP) modules to embed health equity and racial justice in community safety work to support local government partners preventing multiple forms of violence. Participants will have an opportunity to engage with and provide feedback on a set of proposed principles and strategies to integrate these forms of evidence into decision-making for funding, strategies, policies, programs, and long-term planning.