Research Utilization and the Impact of Health Promotion Policy.
von Lengerke T, Rütten A, Vinck J, Abel T, Kannas L, Lüschen G, Rodriguez Diaz JA, van der Zee J (2004)
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2004
Journal
Publisher: Springer Verlag (Germany)
Book Volume: 49
Pages Range: 185-197
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-3110-2
Abstract
Objectives: The conditions under which research utilization leads to policy impact are an important issue in health promotion. This analysis tests the assumption that utilization is positively associated with policy impact only if both political will (i.e., policy opportunities) and social strategies (in intervention and implementation) are present. Methods: A survey of 719 policymakers involved in four policies was conducted in six European countries. Policy impact (output, i.e., program implementation, and outcome, i.e., effects on behavior) and its proposed determinants were analyzed. Results: Regression analyses reveal limited cross-national differences in research utilization, but show comparably high use in policies with a pathogenic focus. Utilization is associated with impact only if political will is lacking; for outcome, this tends to depend on social strategies. Political will is the strongest determinant of impact. Conclusions: Research utilization is not supporting health promotion policy impact if political will is favorable, but if it is poor; political will itself is the crucial determinant of impact. The study contributes to the "research utilization"-field by showing that research utilization may partially compensate for lack of, rather than depend on, political will. © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2004.
Authors with CRIS profile
Alfred Rütten
Lehrstuhl für Sportwissenschaft mit der Ausrichtung Gesundheitsförderung/Public Health/Sozialwissenschaften des Sports
Involved external institutions
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU) / Helmholtz Munich
Germany (DE)
Universiteit Utrecht (UU) / Utrecht University
Netherlands (NL)
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) / Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Spain (ES)
Limburg Catholic University College
Belgium (BE)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
University of Jyväskylä / Jyväskylän yliopisto
Finland (FI)
Universität Bern
Switzerland (CH)
Germany (DE)
Universiteit Utrecht (UU) / Utrecht University
Netherlands (NL)
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) / Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Spain (ES)
Limburg Catholic University College
Belgium (BE)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
University of Jyväskylä / Jyväskylän yliopisto
Finland (FI)
Universität Bern
Switzerland (CH)
How to cite
APA:
von Lengerke, T., Rütten, A., Vinck, J., Abel, T., Kannas, L., Lüschen, G.,... van der Zee, J. (2004). Research Utilization and the Impact of Health Promotion Policy. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin/Social and Preventive Medicine, 49, 185-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-004-3110-2
MLA:
von Lengerke, Thomas, et al. "Research Utilization and the Impact of Health Promotion Policy." Sozial- und Präventivmedizin/Social and Preventive Medicine 49 (2004): 185-197.
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