Application of Empirical Research Findings in Public Health Advocacy: Focus on Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health

Romero, Diana; Kwan, Amy; Chavkin, Wendy

doi:10.1111/josi.12033

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“…, Klugman ); research, including community‐based participatory and/or action research and that which disentangles social determinants of health from health conditions (Romero et al . , Freudenberg & Tsui , Ingram et al . , Kapilashrami et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is a tension between a belief in the importance of public health advocacy that is ‘evidence‐based’ (Romero et al . , Chapman , Garcia et al . , Tabak et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Increasingly, community‐based participatory and/or action research is promoted as a way to address the problematic role of power in knowledge/evidence production and dissemination (Romero et al . , Freudenberg & Tsui , Ingram et al . ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Cohen

Marshall

2016

Health Soc Care Community

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What is known about this topic• Advocacy is considered a key public health strategy for redressing health inequities.• There is evidence that public health's advocacy role has not been fully realised; the reasons for this are unclear. What this paper adds• A systematic collation and critical analysis of the conceptual and empirical literature on public health advocacy focused on health equity is provided.• Public health is constrained in its health equity advocacy efforts by neoliberal conceptualisations of health problems, and by multiple barriers at the level of individual public health practitioners, institutions and the social environment. AbstractThe public health (PH) sector is ideally situated to take a lead advocacy role in catalysing and guiding multi-sectoral action to address social determinants of health inequities, but evidence suggests that PH's advocacy role has not been fully realised. The purpose of this review was to determine the extent to which the PH advocacy literature addresses the goal of reducing health and social inequities, and to increase understanding of contextual factors shaping the discourse and practice of PH advocacy. We employed scoping review methods to systematically examine and chart peer-reviewed and grey literature on PH advocacy published from January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2015. Databases and search engines used included: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index, Google Scholar, Google, Google Books, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Grey Literature Report. A total of 183 documents were charted, and included in the final analysis. Thematic analysis was both inductive and deductive according to the objectives. Although PH advocacy to address root causes of health inequities is supported theoretically and through professional practice standards, the empirical literature does not reflect that this is occurring widely in PH practice. Tensions within the discourse were noted and multiple barriers to engaging in PH advocacy for health equity were identified, including a preoccupation with individual responsibilities for healthy lifestyles and behaviours, consistent with the emergence of neoliberal governance. If the PH sector is to fulfil its advocacy role in catalysing action to reduce health inequities, it will be necessary to address advocacy barriers at multiple levels, promote multi-sectoral efforts that implicate the state and corporations in the production of health inequities, and rally state involvement to redress these injustices.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a tension between a belief in the importance of public health advocacy that is ‘evidence‐based’ (Romero et al . , Chapman , Garcia et al . , Tabak et al .…”

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2016

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“…In their contribution to this issue, Romero, Kwan, and Chavkin () point to the large body of peer‐reviewed literature based in Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) as an indication that evidence‐based advocacy is growing in acceptance. In their article they describe a program of research that supports advocacy and activism around issues related to maternal, child, and reproductive health.…”

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“…Examples of the strategic selection of research questions can be found in many of the projects that intersect with the efforts of activists and advocates. Several of these projects are described in the articles included in this issue, and address important social issues, such as, maternal, child and reproductive health policies (Romero et al., ), homelessness intervention services (Greenwood et al., ), prevention programs for intravenous drug use (Barreras & Torruella, ; Drucker, ), and parole policy reforms (Marquez et al., ). Although, methodological rigor is critical to and present in each of these studies, the particular questions guiding this research fulfilled a need identified by, or useful to those involved in advocacy and/or activism related to the issue.…”

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Introducing “Impact Validity”

Massey

Barreras

2013

Journal of Social Issues

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This article introduces and explores the concept impact validity, which is conceptualized as the extent to which research has the potential to play a role in social and political change or is useful as a tool for advocacy or activism. Including impact validity in the design of a research project means that, in addition to considering traditional criteria for determining the methodological rigor of research, it is also critical to consider the many related decisions that researchers make when working toward social change. In this article, the theory and methodology of impact validity and the assumptions that position impact validity as both a valid scientific approach, and a useful tool for promoting a more engaged social science, are considered. A "how to" guide is also provided that offers three guiding principles for enhancing impact validity: the strategic choice of research question, having explicit and realistic strategies for using research, and the strategic framing, communicating, and disseminating of findings.As many who engage political change through research would agree, the misuse, marginalization, and politicization of research is the norm rather than the exception. For example, numerous public policies in the United States, such as those related to: criminal justice (e.g., zero tolerance policing over treatment and prevention for drug-related crimes); educational reform (with the focus on testing and performance measures); abstinence-only sex education (an education policy which limits discussion of sexual health and birth control in school sex education classes); and welfare reform (a change in U.S. assistance to the economically disadvantaged, enacted in 1996), to name only a few, stand in dramatic contradiction to the bodies of empirical data built over decades of research.

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Application of Empirical Research Findings in Public Health Advocacy: Focus on Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health

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Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Introducing “Impact Validity”

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