Evidence based public health a fundamental concept for public health practice despite the many accomplishments of public health a greater attention to evidence based approaches is warranted this article reviews the concepts of evidence based public health ebph on which formal discourse originated about a decade ago. Evidence based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening counseling and preventive medications the uspstf assigns each recommendation a letter grade a b c d or i insufficient based on the strength of the evidence and the balance of benefits and harms of a preventive service the recommendations apply only to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or condition and the recommendations address only services offered in the primary . In response to this the european summer school in evidence based public health has evolved as a collaboration between the lmu munich prof eva rehfuess and the university of liverpool prof daniel pope including eminent speakers in the field of evidence based public health the summer school takes place on a regular basis in either liverpool or munich the fifth summer school will take . Evidence based public health practice designed for students and practitioners this practical book shows how to do evidence based research in public health as a great deal of evidence based practice occurs online it focuses on how to find use and interpret online sources of public health information. Despite the many accomplishments of public health a greater attention to evidence based approaches is warranted this article reviews the concepts of evidence based public health ebph on which