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Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis

BACKGROUND: Facilitating and enhancing interaction between stakeholders involved in the policymaking process to stimulate collaboration and use of evidence, is important to foster the development of effective Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) policies. Performing an analysis of real-world po...

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Autores principales: Spitters, Hilde P. E. M., Lau, Cathrine J., Sandu, Petru, Quanjel, Marcel, Dulf, Diana, Glümer, Charlotte, van Oers, Hans A. M., van de Goor, Ien A. M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0168-2
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author Spitters, Hilde P. E. M.
Lau, Cathrine J.
Sandu, Petru
Quanjel, Marcel
Dulf, Diana
Glümer, Charlotte
van Oers, Hans A. M.
van de Goor, Ien A. M.
author_facet Spitters, Hilde P. E. M.
Lau, Cathrine J.
Sandu, Petru
Quanjel, Marcel
Dulf, Diana
Glümer, Charlotte
van Oers, Hans A. M.
van de Goor, Ien A. M.
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description BACKGROUND: Facilitating and enhancing interaction between stakeholders involved in the policymaking process to stimulate collaboration and use of evidence, is important to foster the development of effective Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) policies. Performing an analysis of real-world policymaking processes will help reveal the complexity of a network of stakeholders. Therefore, the main objectives were to unravel the stakeholder network in the policy process by conducting three systems analyses, and to increase insight into the similarities and differences in the policy processes of these European country cases. METHODS: A systems analysis of the local HEPA policymaking process was performed in three European countries involved in the ‘REsearch into POlicy to enhance Physical Activity’ (REPOPA) project, resulting in three schematic models showing the main stakeholders and their relationships. The models were used to compare the systems, focusing on implications with respect to collaboration and use of evidence in local HEPA policymaking. Policy documents and relevant webpages were examined and main stakeholders were interviewed. RESULTS: The systems analysis in each country identified the main stakeholders involved and their position and relations in the policymaking process. The Netherlands and Denmark were the most similar and both differed most from Romania, especially at the level of accountability of the local public authorities for local HEPA policymaking. The categories of driving forces underlying the relations between stakeholders were formal relations, informal interaction and knowledge exchange. CONCLUSIONS: A systems analysis providing detailed descriptions of positions and relations in the stakeholder network in local level HEPA policymaking is rather unique in this area. The analyses are useful when a need arises for increased interaction, collaboration and use of knowledge between stakeholders in the local HEPA network, as they provide an overview of the stakeholders involved and their mutual relations. This information can be an important starting point to enhance the uptake of evidence and build more effective public health policies.
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spelling pubmed-52919432017-02-07 Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis Spitters, Hilde P. E. M. Lau, Cathrine J. Sandu, Petru Quanjel, Marcel Dulf, Diana Glümer, Charlotte van Oers, Hans A. M. van de Goor, Ien A. M. Health Res Policy Syst Research BACKGROUND: Facilitating and enhancing interaction between stakeholders involved in the policymaking process to stimulate collaboration and use of evidence, is important to foster the development of effective Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) policies. Performing an analysis of real-world policymaking processes will help reveal the complexity of a network of stakeholders. Therefore, the main objectives were to unravel the stakeholder network in the policy process by conducting three systems analyses, and to increase insight into the similarities and differences in the policy processes of these European country cases. METHODS: A systems analysis of the local HEPA policymaking process was performed in three European countries involved in the ‘REsearch into POlicy to enhance Physical Activity’ (REPOPA) project, resulting in three schematic models showing the main stakeholders and their relationships. The models were used to compare the systems, focusing on implications with respect to collaboration and use of evidence in local HEPA policymaking. Policy documents and relevant webpages were examined and main stakeholders were interviewed. RESULTS: The systems analysis in each country identified the main stakeholders involved and their position and relations in the policymaking process. The Netherlands and Denmark were the most similar and both differed most from Romania, especially at the level of accountability of the local public authorities for local HEPA policymaking. The categories of driving forces underlying the relations between stakeholders were formal relations, informal interaction and knowledge exchange. CONCLUSIONS: A systems analysis providing detailed descriptions of positions and relations in the stakeholder network in local level HEPA policymaking is rather unique in this area. The analyses are useful when a need arises for increased interaction, collaboration and use of knowledge between stakeholders in the local HEPA network, as they provide an overview of the stakeholders involved and their mutual relations. This information can be an important starting point to enhance the uptake of evidence and build more effective public health policies. BioMed Central 2017-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5291943/ /pubmed/28159008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0168-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Spitters, Hilde P. E. M.
Lau, Cathrine J.
Sandu, Petru
Quanjel, Marcel
Dulf, Diana
Glümer, Charlotte
van Oers, Hans A. M.
van de Goor, Ien A. M.
Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis
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title_full Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis
title_fullStr Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis
title_full_unstemmed Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis
title_short Unravelling networks in local public health policymaking in three European countries – a systems analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0168-2
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