Paprica P Alison, Wodchis Walter P, Mcgrail Kimberlyn M
Senior Fellow and Professor (Adjunct), Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Senior Fellow, Massey College.
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Senior Scientist and Research Chair, Implementation and Evaluation Science, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario.
Healthc Policy. 2025 May;20(3):27-34. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27519.
The line between objective advice and advocacy may be blurred for health services and policy researchers who work closely with policy makers. Our study of 22 participants' perceptions of a five-part fictional scenario in which a researcher has increasing involvement with the ministry of health found extensive variation in what participants perceived to be objective advice or advocacy. Based on this variation, we believe that health services and policy researchers cannot completely avoid the risk of being perceived as issue advocates, whether by peers or by policy makers, and suggest some possible ways to mitigate risk.
对于与政策制定者密切合作的卫生服务和政策研究人员而言,客观建议与宣传之间的界限可能模糊不清。我们对22名参与者就一个分为五部分的虚构情景的看法进行了研究,在该情景中一名研究人员与卫生部的接触日益增多,结果发现参与者对何为客观建议或宣传的看法存在很大差异。基于这种差异,我们认为卫生服务和政策研究人员无法完全避免被同行或政策制定者视为议题倡导者的风险,并提出了一些可能的风险缓解方法。