Track C8: Workshop: European networks in the intersection between public health and genetics:bridging research and European policy making

What Works in Tackling Health Inequalities? Pathways, Policies and Practice through the Lifecourse S. Asthana and J. Halliday Bristol: Policy, Press, 2006Health Action Zones: Partnerships for Health Equity M. Barnes, L. Bauld, M. Benzeval, K. Judge, M. Mackenzie, H. Sullivan Abingdon: Routledge, 2005Health Inequality: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts and Methods M. Bartley Cambridge: Polity, 2004Status Syndrome: How your Social Standing Directly Affects your Health and Life Expectancy M. Marmot London: Bloomsbury, 2004These four texts on health inequalities are all very different books written by leading commentators with different academic backgrounds. This review will concentrate on the policy perspective that may be of most interest to many readers of this journal. It is also arguably the Achilles heel of the health inequalities literature. According to policy makers, much current research on health inequalities was of little use to policy making, and public health researchers have been criticized for political naivety, for lacking understanding of how policy is made, and for having unrealistic expectations (Petticrew et al., 2004: 815–816). Similarly, Klein (2003) points to the problems of ‘making policy in a fog’. The first two texts under review focus on policy and are written by policy analysts.

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Message framing in the context of the national menu-labelling policy: a comparison of public health and private industry interests

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980016003025 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (5) ◽

pp. 814-823 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Rachel C Shelton ◽

James Colgrove ◽

Grace Lee ◽

Michelle Truong ◽

Gina M Wingood

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Policy Making ◽

Message Framing ◽

Health Sector ◽

Positive Health ◽

Private Industry ◽

Nutrition Labelling ◽

Health Related ◽

The Usa

AbstractObjectiveWe conducted a content analysis of public comments to understand the key framing approaches used by private industryv. public health sector, with the goal of informing future public health messaging, framing and advocacy in the context of policy making.DesignComments to the proposed menu-labelling policy were extracted from Regulations.gov and analysed. A framing matrix was used to organize and code key devices and themes. Documents were analysed using content analysis with Dedoose software.SettingRecent national nutrition-labelling regulations in the USA provide a timely opportunity to understand message framing in relation to obesity prevention and policy.SubjectsWe examined a total of ninety-seven documents submitted on behalf of organizations (private industry,n64; public health,n33).ResultsPublic health focused on positive health consequences of the policy, used a social justice frame and supported its arguments with academic data. Industry was more critical of the policy; it used a market justice frame that emphasized minimal regulation, depicted its members as small, family-run businesses, and illustrated points with humanizing examples.ConclusionsPublic health framing should counter and consider engaging directly with non-health-related arguments made by industry. Public health should include more powerful framing devices to convey their messages, including metaphors and humanizing examples.

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Understanding needs and barriers to using geospatial tools for public health policymaking in China

Geospatial health ◽

10.4081/gh.2018.594 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dohyeong Kim ◽

Yingyuan Zhang ◽

Chang Kil Lee

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Policy ◽

Policy Development ◽

Policy Making ◽

Geographical Information Systems ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Adoption And Implementation ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Geospatial Tools

Despite growing popularity of using geographical information systems and geospatial tools in public health fields, these tools are only rarely implemented in health policy management in China. This study examines the barriers that could prevent policy-makers from applying such tools to actual managerial processes related to public health problems that could be assisted by such approaches, e.g. evidence-based policy-making. A questionnaire-based survey of 127 health-related experts and other stakeholders in China revealed that there is a consensus on the needs and demands for the use of geospatial tools, which shows that there is a more unified opinion on the matter than so far reported. Respondents pointed to lack of communication and collaboration among stakeholders as the most significant barrier to the implementation of geospatial tools. Comparison of survey results to those emanating from a similar study in Bangladesh revealed different priorities concerning the use of geospatial tools between the two countries. In addition, the follow-up in-depth interviews highlighted the political culture specific to China as a critical barrier to adopting new tools in policy development. Other barriers included concerns over the limited awareness of the availability of advanced geospatial tools. Taken together, these findings can facilitate a better understanding among policy-makers and practitioners of the challenges and opportunities for widespread adoption and implementation of a geospatial approach to public health policy-making in China.

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COVID-19 through the One Health lens: adding a missing perspective

10.32942/osf.io/3g6pt ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Selbach ◽

Maarten P. M. Vanhove ◽

Kim Nørgaard Mouritsen

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Policy Making ◽

One Health ◽

Evolutionary Ecology ◽

Integrative Approach ◽

Health Awareness ◽

Human Parasite ◽

Health Concept ◽

Human Animal ◽

The One

The One Health concept offers an integrative approach to disease and health at the human-animal-environment interface. It has often been suggested to view the COVID-19 outbreak within this framework to better understand and mitigate this global crisis. Here, we discuss how the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen systems can add a valuable additional perspective to the debate around SARS-CoV-2 and its implications for public health awareness and policy-making. In this context, it is especially important to highlight that changes in nature, such as zoonotic spillover events, are often irreversible, and that humans, while deeply embedded in ecosystems, are intricate ecosystems themselves. A better recognition of the complex biology and evolution of human-parasite interactions will assist our understanding of such zoonoses.

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Will climate change worsen your health?

Climanosco Research Articles - https://www.climanosco.org/collection/climate-change-and-its-impacts/ ◽

10.37207/cra.2.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Joan Ballester

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Policy Making ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Research Topic ◽

Climate Factors ◽

Social Differences ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Science And Policy ◽

Ambient Temperatures

Nearly 8% of deaths in Europe are due to ambient temperatures, and global warming represents an additional threat for public health. Despite the fact that we expect more frequent, intense and persistent heat waves during the present century, it is actually not clear whether the number of attributable deaths will also increase. Here I discuss why the role of early adaptation to temperature rise is a major ongoing research topic in science and policy-making, and how these eventual acclimatization processes depend on a myriad of non-climate factors such as the air quality in cities, social differences within and between societies, demographic changes or the evolution of the economy.

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Corporate Actor Networks in European Policy-Making: Harmonizing Telecommunications Policy

JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies ◽

10.1111/j.1468-5965.1994.tb00510.x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 473-498 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

VOLKER SCHNEIDER ◽

GODEFROY DANG-NGUYEN ◽

RAYMUND WRLE

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Telecommunications Policy ◽

European Policy ◽

Corporate Actor ◽

Actor Networks

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A Modelling Framework for Evidence-based Public Health Policy Making

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics ◽

10.1109/jbhi.2022.3142503 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

Marios Prasinos ◽

Ioannis Basdekis ◽

Marco Anisetti ◽

George Spanoudakis ◽

Dimitris D.G Koutsouris ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Policy ◽

Public Health Policy ◽

Policy Making ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Modelling Framework

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Balancing Identities: How Economic Inequality and Class Affect Work-life Balance

10.31234/osf.io/n3867 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Silvia Filippi ◽

Caterina Suitner ◽

Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara ◽

Davide Pirrone ◽

Mara A. Yerkes

Keyword(s):

Social Status ◽

Policy Making ◽

Economic Inequality ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Life ◽

Work Life Balance ◽

European Policy ◽

Life Balance ◽

Fundamental Part

Work-Life Balance (WLB) is recognized as a fundamental part of people’s well-being and prioritized in European policy making. Until recently, little attention was given to the role of economic inequality in people's inferences of WLB. In Study 1, we experimentally tested and confirmed a) the effect of economic inequality on WLB, and b) the role of status anxiety in mediating this relationship. In Study 2, we provided a replication and advancement of Study 1 by manipulating socioeconomic class in addition to economic inequality. Results showed that in the inequality condition, people expected less WLB through a partial mediation of status anxiety and competitiveness. We also found that class mattered, with economic inequality mainly affecting participants in the low-class condition. In sum, economic inequality enhanced participants’ competitiveness and concern about their social status, which in turn affected WLB. This demonstrates the need for policies promoting WLB in those countries characterized by high inequality.

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