Mckinney Marvin, Fitzgerald Hiram E, Winn Donna-Marie, Babcock Patrick
Michigan State University.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Infant Ment Health J. 2017 Jan;38(1):166-176. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21623. Epub 2017 Jan 3.
Research findings documenting the issues and challenges of boys prebirth through age 5 years have barely penetrated the arena of public policy making nor has it permeated the public agenda of politicians, government, or other funding stakeholders. The purpose of this article is to articulate pathways for researchers to enter into the policy-making process. We review critical issues related to implementing the process of public policy. We argue that the policy process needs to be informed by more dynamic theoretical models of human development, and that researchers and clinicians need to be exposed more deeply to the processes required to inform and subsequently change public policy. We contend that most quantitative research on boys at risk occurs at the micro- and the mesosystem level rather than at the exo- and the macrosystem levels where structural societal policies embedded in economic and racial inequities contribute to risk. Researchers, clinicians, and policy makers need to create collaborative partnerships designed to develop, advocate, and implement more evidence-based policies designed to enhance the quality of life for boys at risk.
记录从出生前到5岁男孩所面临问题与挑战的研究结果，几乎尚未渗透到公共政策制定领域，也未融入政治家、政府或其他资助利益相关者的公共议程。本文旨在阐明研究人员进入政策制定过程的途径。我们回顾了与实施公共政策过程相关的关键问题。我们认为，政策过程需要以更具动态性的人类发展理论模型为依据，研究人员和临床医生需要更深入地了解为公共政策提供信息并随后改变公共政策所需的过程。我们认为，大多数针对高危男孩的定量研究发生在微观和中观系统层面，而非宏观和宏观系统层面，在宏观和宏观系统层面，经济和种族不平等所嵌入的结构性社会政策会导致风险。研究人员、临床医生和政策制定者需要建立合作伙伴关系，以制定、倡导和实施更多基于证据的政策，旨在提高高危男孩的生活质量。
