Investigating the health implications of social policy initiatives at the local level: study design and methods

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Gemma E Carey¹ 

[1] Centre for Health & Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;

关键词: Social Determinant;    Social Inclusion;    Welfare Reform;    Civic Participation;    Comparative Case Study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-759

 received in 2010-11-05, accepted in 2010-12-08,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn this paper we present the research design and methods of a study that seeks to capture local level responses to an Australian national social policy initiative, aimed at reducing inequalities in the social determinants of health.Methods/DesignThe study takes a policy-to-practice approach and combines policy and stakeholder interviewing with a comparative case study analysis of two not-for-profit organisations involved in the delivery of federal government policy.DiscussionBefore the health impacts of broad-scale policies, such as the one described in this study, can be assessed at the population level, we need to understand the implementation process. This is consistent with current thinking in political science and social policy, which has emphasised the importance of investigating how, and if, policies are translated into operational realities.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Carey; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.