The SIPHER Consortium: Introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research

Wellcome Open Research

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Petra Meier¹  Robin Purshouse²  Marion Bain³  Clare Bambra⁴  Richard Bentall⁵  Mark Birkin⁶  John Brazier¹  Alan Brennan¹  Mark Bryan⁷  Julian Cox⁸  Greg Fell⁹  Elizabeth Goyder¹  Alison Heppenstall⁶  John Holmes¹  Ceri Hughes^1,10  Asif Ishaq³  Visakan Kadirkamanathan²  Nik Lomax⁶  Ruth Lupton^1,10  Suzy Paisley¹  Katherine Smith^1,11  Ellen Stewart^1,12  Mark Strong¹  Elizabeth Such¹  Aki Tsuchiya¹  Craig Watkins^1,13 

[1] School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield;Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield;Population Health Directorate;Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University;Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield;Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds;Department of Economics, University of Sheffield;Greater Manchester Combined Authority;Sheffield City Council;Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit, University of Manchester;School of Social Work & Social Policy, University of Strathclyde;Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society, University of Edinburgh;Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield

关键词: Health in All Policies;    Wellbeing;    Non-Communicable Disease;    Prevention;    Inequalities;    Economic evaluation;    Complex systems;    Public Policy;    Inclusive Growth;    Housing;    Public Mental Health;    Adverse Childhood Experiences;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15534.1

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

The conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age are key drivers of health and inequalities in life chances. To maximise health and wellbeing across the whole population, we need well-coordinated action across government sectors, in areas including economic, education, welfare, labour market and housing policy. Current research struggles to offer effective decision support on the cross-sector strategic alignment of policies, and to generate evidence that gives budget holders the confidence to change the way major investment decisions are made. This open letter introduces a new research initiative in this space. The SIPHER (Systems Science inPublicHealth and HealthEconomicsResearch) Consortium brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists from across six universities, three government partners at local, regional and national level, and ten practice partner organisations. The Consortium’s vision is a shift from health policy to healthy public policy, where the wellbeing impacts of policies are a core consideration across government sectors. Researchers and policy makers will jointly tackle fundamental questions about: a) the complex causal relationships between upstream policies and wellbeing, economic and equality outcomes; b) the multi-sectoral appraisal of costs and benefits of alternative investment options; c) public values and preferences for different outcomes, and how necessary trade-offs can be negotiated; and d) creating the conditions for intelligence-led adaptive policy design that maximises progress against economic, social and health goals. Whilst our methods will be adaptable across policy topics and jurisdictions, we will initially focus on four policy areas: Inclusive Economic Growth, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Wellbeing and Housing.

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