Centre for Health & Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2010 Dec 8;10:759. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-759.
In 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/DESIGN: The 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.
Before 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.
本文介绍了一项研究的研究设计和方法，该研究旨在捕捉澳大利亚国家社会政策倡议在地方层面的反应，该倡议旨在减少健康社会决定因素方面的不平等。
方法/设计：该研究采用政策到实践的方法，将政策和利益相关者访谈与对参与联邦政府政策实施的两个非营利组织的比较案例研究相结合。
在能够在人口层面评估广泛政策（如本研究所述）的健康影响之前，我们需要了解实施过程。这与政治学和社会政策的当前思维一致，后者强调了调查政策如何以及是否转化为实际操作的重要性。
