
The Public Health Practice Gap examines why evidence-based public health programs often fail in real-world systems, and what it takes to close the gap between research, policy, and practice.Evidence-based public health sounds good, until it collides with politics, funding structures, and institutional self-interest. The Public Health Practice Gap exposes why programs break down in real systems and challenges leaders to rethink incentives, implementation, and accountability in pursuit of public health that actually works.