Public Health Evidence-Based Decision and Policy Making is an online training course from the Public Health Academy of the Saudi Public Health Authority. It is designed to strengthen participants’ capacity to use evidence in public health decision-making and policymaking while developing the practical knowledge and skills needed to formulate and promote evidence-based policies. The course begins with the foundations of public health policymaking and the role of evidence, then develops participants’ ability to search for and critically appraise policy-relevant research. Learners will work on translating findings into useful policy products, including policy briefs, memos and rapid evidence products that support timely decisions. Communication is another central theme: participants will consider how to communicate evidence effectively with policymakers, technical teams, community partners and other stakeholders. The curriculum also addresses evaluating policy impact and evidence-informed practice, helping attendees understand how evidence continues to shape implementation and improvement after a policy decision is made. A final objective is fostering an organizational culture in which evidence is routinely sought, interpreted and applied. The intended audience includes policymakers and public health professionals, government and private-sector stakeholders, and civil-society organizations involved in health policy. The official promotional flyer identifies the course as online and provides a QR code to join, but does not publish a date, session time, fee, named faculty, CME accreditation, sponsors or a detailed agenda. The placeholder date in this listing will be updated when the Public Health Academy publishes the schedule; users should confirm timing through the organizer’s official Saudi_PHA account.
