The clashing of symbols: Prelude to child and family policy.

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary B. Melton
Keyword(s):  
Family Policy ◽  
Child And Family Policy

scholarly journals Lawmakers' use of scientific evidence can be improved

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (9) ◽  
pp. e2012955118 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Max Crowley ◽  
J. Taylor Scott ◽  
Elizabeth C. Long ◽  
Lawrie Green ◽  
Azaliah Israel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
The Us ◽  
Child And Family Policy

Core to the goal of scientific exploration is the opportunity to guide future decision-making. Yet, elected officials often miss opportunities to use science in their policymaking. This work reports on an experiment with the US Congress—evaluating the effects of a randomized, dual-population (i.e., researchers and congressional offices) outreach model for supporting legislative use of research evidence regarding child and family policy issues. In this experiment, we found that congressional offices randomized to the intervention reported greater value of research for understanding issues than the control group following implementation. More research use was also observed in legislation introduced by the intervention group. Further, we found that researchers randomized to the intervention advanced their own policy knowledge and engagement as well as reported benefits for their research following implementation.

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