Developing Child, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Child Dev. 2011 Jan-Feb;82(1):17-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01538.x.
Science has an important role to play in advising policymakers on crafting effective responses to social problems that affect the development of children. This article describes lessons learned from a multiyear, working collaboration among neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, pediatricians, economists, and communications researchers who are engaged in the iterative construction of a core story of development, using simplifying models (i.e., metaphors) such as "brain architecture,""toxic stress," and "serve and return" to explain complex scientific concepts to nonscientists. The aim of this article is to stimulate more systematic, empirical approaches to the task of knowledge transfer and to underscore the need to view the translation of science into policy and practice as an important academic endeavor in its own right.
科学在为政策制定者提供建议方面发挥着重要作用，以制定应对影响儿童发展的社会问题的有效对策。本文描述了神经科学家、发展心理学家、儿科医生、经济学家和传播研究人员之间进行了多年的合作所得到的经验教训。他们通过迭代构建发展的核心故事，使用简化模型（例如“大脑结构”、“毒性压力”和“服务和回报”）来向非科学家解释复杂的科学概念。本文的目的是激发更系统、更具实证性的知识转移方法，并强调需要将科学转化为政策和实践视为一项重要的学术工作。
