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N Lindqvist - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Swedish national Public Health Policy and its achievements after ten years
    European Journal of Public Health, 2019
    Co-Authors: N Lindqvist
    Abstract:

    Abstract Public Health issues and their equality aspects have been on the political agenda in Sweden since the early 1980s. Already in the 1990s, the Government presented the first Public Health Policy bill. This highlighted the conditions for a sustainable development from a Public Health perspective. Increased equality was set to be the overriding objective in prioritizing Public Health work and that priority should be given to efforts that would improve the situation of the most disadvantaged. The foundation of today’s Public Health Policy was laid in 2003 when the parliament decided on a new bill in which an overall goal for national Public Health Policy was established: ‘Creating social conditions for good Health on equal terms for the entire population’. The bill also established a cross-sectoral target structure for the overall Public Health work with eleven target areas. It also pointed out that Public Health Policy is cross-sectoral and must be a part in all Policy areas. In June 2008, the parliament adopted the bill A Renewed Public Health Policy. Changes made were (among other things) a rewording of the target areas, but many of the starting points were kept. The Swedish Commission for Equity in Health was set up in 2015 and given two main tasks, to produce a proposal that can help to reduce the Health inequalities in society and to work for raised awareness of Health inequalities in society and among stakeholders. The work of the commission was finished in 2017 and presents an analysis of how the Public Health Policy works in practice, with regard to the intentions of Policy framework. A number of problems or areas of development appear which the Commission considers need to be addressed. The presentation will first give a short overview of the Swedish Public Health Policy from 2008 and will then present the commission’s conclusions and proposals for development areas.

Alex Collie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Predicting research use in a Public Health Policy environment: results of a logistic regression analysis
    Implementation science : IS, 2014
    Co-Authors: Pauline Zardo, Alex Collie
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    Background: Use of research evidence in Public Health Policy decision-making is affected by a range of contextual factors operating at the individual, organisational and external levels. Context-specific research is needed to target and tailor research translation intervention design and implementation to ensure that factors affecting research in a specific context are addressed. Whilst such research is increasing, there remain relatively few studies that have quantitatively assessed the factors that predict research use in specific Public Health Policy environments. Method: A quantitative survey was designed and implemented within two Public Health Policy agencies in the Australian state of Victoria. Binary logistic regression analyses were conducted on survey data provided by 372 participants. Univariate logistic regression analyses of 49 factors revealed 26 factors that significantly predicted research use independently. The 26 factors were then tested in a single model and five factors emerged as significant predictors of research over and above all other factors. Results: The five key factors that significantly predicted research use were the following: relevance of research to day-to-day decision-making, skills for research use, internal prompts for use of research, intention to use research within the next 12 months and the agency for which the individual worked. Conclusions: These findings suggest that individual- and organisational-level factors are the critical factors to target in the design of interventions aiming to increase research use in this context. In particular, relevance of research and skills for research use would be necessary to target. The likelihood for research use increased 11- and 4-fold for those who rated highly on these factors. This study builds on previous research and contributes to the currently limited number of quantitative studies that examine use of research evidence in a large sample of Public Health Policy and program decision-makers within a specific context. The survey used in this study is likely to be relevant for use in other Public Health Policy contexts.

  • external factors affecting decision making and use of evidence in an australian Public Health Policy environment
    Faculty of Law, 2014
    Co-Authors: Pauline Zardo, Alex Collie, Charles Livingstone
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    This study examined external factors affecting Policy and program decision-making in a specific Public Health Policy context: injury prevention and rehabilitation compensation in the Australian state of Victoria. The aim was twofold: identify external factors that affect Policy and program decision-making in this specific context; use this evidence to inform targeting of interventions aimed at increasing research use in this context. Qualitative interviews were undertaken from June 2011 to January 2012 with 33 employees from two state government agencies. Key factors identified were stakeholder feedback and action, government and ministerial input, legal feedback and action, injured persons and the media. The identified external factors were able to significantly influence Policy and program decision-making processes: acting as both barriers and facilitators, depending on the particular issue at hand. The factors with the most influence were the Minister and government, lawyers, and agency stakeholders, particularly Health providers, trade unions and employer groups. This research revealed that interventions aimed at increasing use of research in this context must target and harness the influence of these groups. This research provides critical insights for researchers seeking to design interventions to increase use of research in Policy environments and influence decision-making in Victorian injury prevention and rehabilitation compensation.

Elisabeth Jansson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

William L. Roper - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Public Health Policy for preventing violence
    Health Affairs, 1993
    Co-Authors: James A. Mercy, Mark L. Rosenberg, Kenneth E. Powell, Claire V. Broome, William L. Roper
    Abstract:

    Prologue: In October 1985 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop convened his Workshop on Violence and Public Health, which signaled Public Health's entry into the field of violence prevention. Koop called on Public Health professionals to “repond constructively to the ugly facts of interpersonal violence.” During the past decade the involvement of the Department of Health and Human Services in violence prevention research and programs has expanded, culminating in the formation of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in 1991 as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Despite much progress, however, stark reminders surface daily in the news media that much remains to be done. President Clinton, introducing his Health reform plan to Congress 22 September 1992, invoked “the outrageous costs of violence in this country” as an area his administration is committed to addressing. “The problem of violence in America did not appear overnight,” this paper states, “nor will it disappe...

  • Public Health Policy for preventing violence
    Health affairs (Project Hope), 1993
    Co-Authors: James A. Mercy, Mark L. Rosenberg, Kenneth E. Powell, Claire V. Broome, William L. Roper
    Abstract:

    The current epidemic of violence in America threatens not only our physical Health but also the integrity of basic social institutions such as the family, the communities in which we live, and our Health care system. Public Health brings a new vision of how Americans can work together to prevent violence. This new vision places emphasis on preventing violence before it occurs, making science integral to identifying effective policies and programs, and integrating the efforts of diverse scientific disciplines, organizations, and communities. A sustained effort at all levels of society will be required to successfully address this complex and deeply rooted problem.