Improving Decision Support for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control: Aligning Models and Other Tools with Policymakers' Needs

By Raffaele Vardavas, Osonde A. Osoba, David Manheim, et al.

This report provides an overview of decision-support tools, including models and nonmodeling approaches, to inform both modelers and policymakers. It offers ways to use these tools to help address real-world policy questions related to infectious disease prevention, detection, control, and response and recommends best practices for technical experts and policymakers to collaborate in developing and using the tools.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833095501
• ISBN13: 9780833095503
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"