Mission Statement
The mission of CUE is to promote the health of populations and the quality of individual health care by empowering consumers, public health policy makers, and health care providers to make informed decisions based on the best current evidence through research, education, and advocacy.
Vision Statement: All consumers, policy makers, and providers will use evidence in making health decisions.
What the mission means in practice
The mission statement describes three groups — consumers, public health policy makers and health care providers — because good decisions depend on all of them using the same reliable evidence. For consumers, that means being able to ask whether a treatment has been tested fairly, how large its benefits and harms are, and how certain we can be about the answer.
The coalition pursues the mission through three lines of work:
- Research — encouraging consumer involvement at every stage of the research cycle, from setting priorities to reviewing results and plain-language summaries.
- Education — free online courses and materials that help advocates understand study design, bias and systematic reviews (see Education & Training).
- Advocacy — supporting member organizations who speak for evidence-based policy and for transparent reporting of research.
Guiding principles
Member organizations keep their own identity and priorities. The coalition does not endorse products or treatments; its focus is on how evidence is produced, judged and communicated. Decisions about joint positions are made openly with members, and new organizations that share the commitment to evidence-based healthcare are invited to become members.