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| Title |
Health policy – why research it and how: health political science
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Health Research Policy and Systems, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4505-12-55 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Evelyne de Leeuw, Carole Clavier, Eric Breton |
| Abstract |
The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health political science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process for health promotion is presented, and illustrated with empirical evidence. The key arguments are that (a) policy is not an intervention, but drives intervention development and implementation; (b) understanding policy processes and their pertinent theories is pivotal for the potential to influence policy change; (c) those theories and associated empirical work need to recognise the wicked, multi-level, and incremental nature of elements in the process; and, therefore, (d) the public health, health promotion, and education research toolbox should more explicitly embrace health political science insights. The rigorous application of insights from and theories of the policy process will enhance our understanding of not just how, but also why health policy is structured and implemented the way it is. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 104 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 12 | 12% |
| Australia | 11 | 11% |
| Canada | 10 | 10% |
| United States | 9 | 9% |
| Colombia | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3% |
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 39 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 65 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 18 | 17% |
| Scientists | 16 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 445 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 437 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 90 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 11% |
| Researcher | 44 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 25 | 6% |
| Other | 79 | 18% |
| Unknown | 97 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 96 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 81 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 69 | 16% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 15 | 3% |
| Psychology | 11 | 2% |
| Other | 56 | 13% |
| Unknown | 117 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 65. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 February 2023.
All research outputs
#671,546
of 25,765,370 outputs
Outputs from Health Research Policy and Systems
#36
of 1,410 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,722
of 263,885 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Research Policy and Systems
#1
of 27 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,410 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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