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Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions

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Béland, Daniel, Katapally, Tarun R·2018·International Journal of Health Policy and Management
DOI 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.143PMC PMC5953520
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Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the population health approach. In this contribution, drawing on the work of John W. Kingdon and related scholarship, we set out to examine how key components of the policy change literature could contribute towards the effective development of population health policies. Shaping policy change would require a realignment of the existing school of thought, where the contribution of population health seems to end at knowledge translation. Through our critical analysis of selected literature, we extend recommendations to advance a burgeoning discussion in adopting new approaches to successfully implement evidence-informed population health policies.

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Authors
Béland, D., & Katapally, T. R.
Affiliations
University of Regina (CA)
Corresponding author
Béland, Daniel
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Venue
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Publisher
Maad Rayan Publishing Company
Published
2018-01-14
Volume
7
Issue
5
Pages
369-373
ISSN
2322-5939 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.143
PMC
PMC5953520
OpenAlex
W2784179329
Cited by
57
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Language
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Funders
Canada Research Chairs
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Keywords
policy change, population health, policy entrepreneurs, policy ideas, policy institutions, policy windows, evidence-informed policy, knowledge translation, health policy development
MeSH terms
Population Health, Health Policy, Humans, Policy Making, Evidence-Based Practice

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