Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Front Public Health. 2024 Oct 23;12:1389649. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1389649. eCollection 2024.
Engagement in public health policy development is critical to forward-thinking public health policy. There is a robust empirical case to support the prospect of the engagement of young adults in civic and research efforts. However, the literature is limited in conceptualizing the mechanisms of engagement in health policy development from the perspective of young adults. This study applied the concepts and methods of cognitive anthropology to identify the mechanisms of engagement in health policy development from the perspective of young people.
Online elicitation and cognitive domain analysis were applied to collect and analyze the data. Students enrolled in a public health leadership class at a large United States southeastern university were invited to participate in an online discussion. Saturation was achieved after the eighth submission. Data were analyzed qualitatively for repetition and recurrence and quantitatively to assess their cultural saliency.
Thirty-two students submitted 147 individual engagement ideas. The analysis resulted in 24 unique mechanisms organized into 10 clusters. The most prominent engagement mechanisms included education, peer activities, advocacy, direct involvement, and activism.
In the dynamic landscape of public health, active involvement in health policy development presents a crucial pathway for leadership among young professionals. The application of cognitive anthropology methods contributes to the emerging science of engagement and allows to identify and measure consensus around the pathways for engagement in health policy development among young professionals.
参与公共卫生政策制定对于前瞻性的公共卫生政策至关重要。有大量的经验证据支持年轻人参与公民和研究工作的前景。然而，从年轻人的角度来概念化参与健康政策制定的机制的文献有限。本研究应用认知人类学的概念和方法，从年轻人的角度确定参与健康政策制定的机制。
在线启发和认知领域分析被应用于收集和分析数据。邀请在美国东南部一所大型大学修读公共卫生领导力课程的学生参加在线讨论。在第八次提交后达到了饱和。对重复和重现的数据进行了定性分析，并对其文化显著性进行了定量评估。
32 名学生提交了 147 条个人参与想法。分析结果得出了 24 个独特的机制，分为 10 个集群。最突出的参与机制包括教育、同伴活动、宣传、直接参与和激进主义。
在公共卫生的动态环境中，积极参与健康政策制定为年轻专业人员的领导力提供了一个关键途径。认知人类学方法的应用有助于参与科学的发展，并能够确定和衡量年轻人参与健康政策制定的途径的共识。
