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Nursing Ethics Aug 2021This article draws attention to the nature and importance of public policy. It argues that if nurses are to influence the quality of healthcare effectively, they must be...
This article draws attention to the nature and importance of public policy. It argues that if nurses are to influence the quality of healthcare effectively, they must be engaged with policymakers to get nursing care issues on the policy agenda. There is an ethical imperative to do so, driven by the advocacy role of the nurse and rooted in the values base of nursing. In addition, it is argued that if one takes the role of patient advocacy seriously, as core to the nursing role, two things are required of nurses: We must (a) broaden the conceptualisation of patient advocacy beyond the individual patient to the system of healthcare resourcing and provision and (b) see systemic change as important as change at the bedside.
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Nurse's Role; Patient Advocacy; Public Policy
PubMed: 33231104
DOI: 10.1177/0969733020961823 -
Health Promotion International Oct 2019Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks...
Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks theoretical underpinnings. This article aims to describe and critique different approaches to policy analysis thus providing direction for undertaking policy analysis in the field of health promotion. Through the use of an illustrative example in nutrition it aims to illustrate the different approaches. Three broad orientations to policy analysis are outlined: (i) Traditional approaches aim to identify the 'best' solution, through undertaking objective analyses of possible solutions. (ii) Mainstream approaches focus on the interaction of policy actors in policymaking. (iii) Interpretive approaches examine the framing and representation of problems and how policies reflect the social construction of 'problems'. Policy analysis may assist understanding of how and why policies to improve nutrition are enacted (or rejected) and may inform practitioners in their advocacy. As such, policy analysis provides researchers with a powerful tool to understand the use of research evidence in policymaking and generate a heightened understanding of the values, interests and political contexts underpinning policy decisions. Such methods may enable more effective advocacy for policies that can lead to improvements in health.
Topics: Health Policy; Health Promotion; Humans; Policy Making; Public Health; Public Health Administration; Public Policy; Research Design
PubMed: 30101276
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/day052 -
Harm Reduction Journal Aug 2022In Scotland drug policy and consequently the progress of evidence-based treatment options has been struggling for many years. Political inaction is brought about by a... (Review)
Review
In Scotland drug policy and consequently the progress of evidence-based treatment options has been struggling for many years. Political inaction is brought about by a complex chain of legal and operational obstructions with local authorities deferring to national Government which in turn is paralysed by international convention. Scotland represents a case study demonstrating the adverse consequences of management by non medical requirements rather than implementation of a clinically proven progressive policy. The difficulty of translating theory and evidence into practice is acknowledged but suggestions are made for pragmatic and humanitarian initiatives.
Topics: Benzodiazepines; Drug Overdose; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Humans; Politics; Public Policy; Scotland
PubMed: 36038934
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00680-y -
Science (New York, N.Y.) Jan 2020
Topics: Policy Making; Public Policy; United States; United States Environmental Protection Agency
PubMed: 31919195
DOI: 10.1126/science.aba7714 -
The International Journal on Drug Policy Jun 2020
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Public Policy; Substance-Related Disorders
PubMed: 32439210
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102779 -
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,... Jun 2021Health impact assessment (HIA) is rapidly growing in France. It shows similarities with other approaches, such as the evaluation of public policies (EPP), with which it...
INTRODUCTION
Health impact assessment (HIA) is rapidly growing in France. It shows similarities with other approaches, such as the evaluation of public policies (EPP), with which it can sometimes be mistaken for.Purpose of research: The aims of this article are to identify the similarities and differences between HIA and EPP and to assess the extent to which HPA skills are transferable to HIA.
RESULTS
The two approaches share common features: they are both based on principles and values that structure practice; they produce a judgement at the end of an argumentation process; they follow the same thinking process and use similar tools. However, HIA has specific features that justify the strengthening of skills, particularly in relation to its participatory dimension.
CONCLUSIONS
The two approaches have more similarities than differences due to their evaluative nature. The competences acquired in PPE are transferable to HIA and the evaluator at the crossroads of the two exercises can revisit and enrich his practice in PPE.
Topics: France; Health Impact Assessment; Health Policy; Humans; Public Health; Public Policy
PubMed: 34372639
DOI: 10.3917/spub.211.0047 -
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,... 2022
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Public Health; Public Policy
PubMed: 36102091
DOI: 10.3917/spub.221.0005 -
The Lancet. Public Health Feb 2023There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments... (Review)
Review
There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments to take an intersectoral approach, both within and across traditional areas of policy, to realise the potential of the arts for public health. To explore what global progress is being made towards this aim, we present examples of arts and health policy development from diverse government areas: health, arts, local governments, and cross government. These examples, which have been selected from a scoping review of 172 relevant global policy documents, indicate that many health and arts policy makers view the relationship between arts engagement and improved health in quite general terms, although some are investing in more targeted applications of the arts to address specific public health issues. The most promising and concrete commitments are happening when health and arts ministries or agencies work together on policy development.
Topics: Humans; Public Policy; Policy Making; Health Policy; Public Health; Local Government
PubMed: 36709054
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00313-9 -
Frontiers in Public Health 2023
Topics: Public Policy; Health Policy
PubMed: 37593723
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1227503 -
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences Aug 2023The authors make a convincing case that behavioral scientists have mistakenly focused on improving individual decision making and in so doing have deflected attention...
The authors make a convincing case that behavioral scientists have mistakenly focused on improving individual decision making and in so doing have deflected attention from necessary changes in the rules of the game - societal institutions and policies - that shape individual decisions. To address this problem a behavioral science of public policy requires rethinking fundamental economic concepts including preferences and incentives.
Topics: Humans; Public Policy; Behavioral Sciences
PubMed: 37646246
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X23000870