Evidence-informed policy making is a promising proposal for adding value to modern societies. Necessary and valuable structures of evidence generation in the scientific domain – notably in public health –are by themselves often ineffective in knowledge translation. An overview on bridging processes and bridging structures for enhanced knowledge translation in the health field in Bavaria is presented.    

Prof. Dr. med. Manfred Wildner, MPH

State Institute for Health,  Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany