Cognitive biases in public health and how economics and sociology can help overcome them

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Important also in highlighting that evidence relevant to ‘how to prevent?’ needed distinct from ‘how was it caused?’

04 May 2019

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Thought provoking piece re: biases in public health."Dissonance between what is known and what is done, resulting in the repetition of solutions that have previously been shown to have had little or no effect." @RSPH_PUHE https://t.co/5zrxU8yyeQ

03 May 2019

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#CognitiveBias RT @SimonChapman6 "Important thought piece on how cognitive biases affect public health policy." https://t.co/NOfa9cZ81d

17 Apr 2019

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RT @SimonChapman6: Important thought piece on how cognitive biases affect public health policy . Full paper here https://t.co/bVocTpzSye ht…

13 Apr 2019

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