scholarly journals Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1492-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna Kongats ◽  
Jennifer Ann McGetrick ◽  
Kim D Raine ◽  
Corinne Voyer ◽  
Candace IJ Nykiforuk
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
General Public ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Canadian Provinces ◽  
Levels Of Support

AbstractObjectiveTo assess and compare the favourability of healthy public policy options to promote healthy eating from the perspective of members of the general public and policy influencers in two Canadian provinces.DesignThe Chronic Disease Prevention Survey, administered in 2016, required participants to rank their level of support for different evidence-based policy options to promote healthy eating at the population level. Pearson’s χ2 significance testing was used to compare support between groups for each policy option and results were interpreted using the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ intervention ladder framework.SettingAlberta and Québec, Canada.ParticipantsMembers of the general public (n 2400) and policy influencers (n 302) in Alberta and Québec.ResultsGeneral public and policy influencer survey respondents were more supportive of healthy eating policies if they were less intrusive on individual autonomy. However, in comparing levels of support between groups, we found policy influencers indicated significantly stronger support overall for healthy eating policy options. We also found that policy influencers in Québec tended to show more support for more restrictive policy options than their counterparts from Alberta.ConclusionsThese results suggest that additional knowledge brokering may be required to increase support for more intrusive yet impactful evidence-based policy interventions; and that the overall lower levels of support among members of the public may impede policy influencers from taking action on policies to promote healthy eating.

Healthy Public Policy Options to Promote Physical Activity for Chronic Disease Prevention: Understanding Canadian Policy Influencer and General Public Preferences

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 565-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ann McGetrick ◽  
Krystyna Kongats ◽  
Kim D. Raine ◽  
Corinne Voyer ◽  
Candace I.J. Nykiforuk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Chronic Disease Prevention ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Physical Activity Policy ◽  
Levels Of Support

Background: Attitudes and beliefs of policy influencers and the general public toward physical activity policy may support or impede population-level action, requiring improved understanding of aggregate preferences toward policies that promote physical activity. Methods: In 2016, the Chronic Disease Prevention Survey was administered to a census sample of policy influencers (n = 302) and a stratified random sample of the public (n = 2400) in Alberta and Québec. Using net favorable percentages and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ intervention ladder framework to guide analysis, the authors examined support for evidence-based healthy public policies to increase physical activity levels. Results: Less intrusive policy options (ie, policies that are not always the most impactful) tended to have higher levels of support than policies that eliminated choice. However, there was support for certain types of policies affecting influential determinants of physical activity such as the built environment (ie, provided they enabled rather than restricted choice) and school settings (ie, focusing on children and youth). Overall, the general public indicated stronger levels of support for more physical activity policy options than policy influencers. Conclusions: The authors’ findings may be useful for health advocates in identifying support for evidence-based healthy public policies affecting more influential determinants of physical activity.

Healthy eating in schools: Evidence-based interventions to help kids thrive.

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine P. Cook-Cottone ◽  
Evelyn Tribole ◽  
Tracy L. Tylka
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Evidence Based

Crisis knowledge management: Reconfiguring the behavioural science community for rapid responding in the Covid-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Hahn ◽  
David Lagnado ◽  
Stephan Lewandowsky ◽  
Nick Chater
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Minimal Damage ◽  
Support Evidence

The present crisis demands an all-out response if it is to be mastered with minimal damage. This means we, as the behavioural science community, need to think about how we can adapt to best support evidence-based policy in a rapidly changing, high-stakes environment. This piece is an attempt to initiate this process. The ‘recommendations’ made are first stabs that will hopefully be critiqued, debated and improved.

Evidence Based Policy

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Pfaff ◽  
Christopher P. Guzelian
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Policy

Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer D. Allen ◽  
Rachel C. Shelton ◽  
Karen M. Emmons ◽  
Laura A. Linnan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Implementation Fidelity ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Gains ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Research Continuum

There is substantial variability in the implementation of evidence-based interventions across the United States, which leads to inconsistent access to evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies at a population level. Increased dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions could result in significant public health gains. While the availability of evidence-based interventions is increasing, study of implementation, adaptation, and dissemination has only recently gained attention in public health. To date, insufficient attention has been given to the issue of fidelity. Consideration of fidelity is necessary to balance the need for internal and external validity across the research continuum. There is also a need for a more robust literature to increase knowledge about factors that influence fidelity, strategies for maximizing fidelity, methods for measuring and analyzing fidelity, and examining sources of variability in implementation fidelity.

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