Dr. Purtle and Ms. Nelson are with the Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia. Dr. Dodson and Dr. Brownson are with the Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Brownson is also with the Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Meisel is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Psychiatr Serv. 2018 Oct 1;69(10):1105-1108. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800153. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
This study sought to characterize primary sources of behavioral health research and dissemination preferences of state legislators and assess differences by political party.
A 2017 cross-sectional survey of state legislators (N=475) assessed where legislators seek, and the most important features of, behavioral health research. Bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression were conducted.
Advocacy organizations (53%), legislative staff (51%), and state agencies (48%) were identified most frequently as sources of behavioral health research. Universities were identified by significantly more Democrats than Republicans (34% versus 19%; adjusted odds ratio=1.79). Data about budget impact and cost-effectiveness were most frequently rated as very important, but by significantly fewer Democrats than Republicans (77% versus 87% and 76% versus 89%, respectively).
To reach legislators and satisfy their information preferences, behavioral health researchers should target diverse audiences, partner with intermediary organizations, and craft messages that include economic evaluation data.
本研究旨在描述行为健康研究的主要来源和州议员对行为健康研究传播的偏好,并评估其党派差异。
2017 年对州议员(N=475)进行了一项横断面调查,评估了议员们寻求行为健康研究的来源和最重要的特征。进行了单变量分析和多变量逻辑回归分析。
倡导组织(53%)、立法工作人员(51%)和州机构(48%)被认为是行为健康研究的主要来源。民主党人比共和党人更频繁地认为大学是研究来源(34%比 19%;调整后的优势比=1.79)。关于预算影响和成本效益的数据被认为是最重要的,但民主党人的比例明显低于共和党人(77%比 87%和 76%比 89%)。
为了接触到议员并满足他们的信息偏好,行为健康研究人员应该针对不同的受众,与中介组织合作,并制定包含经济评估数据的信息。