公共卫生从业人员作为政策倡导者:技能,属性和发展需求
Susie Sykes1, Megan Watkins1, Jane Wills1
1School of Allied and Community Health, London South Bank University, 101 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK.
Health promotion international
|September 13, 2023
概括
公共卫生从业人员需要特定的技能和支持来倡导政策变化,例如限制不健康食品广告. 提高这些宣传技能对于解决更广泛的健康决定因素至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 促进健康 促进健康
背景情况:
- 英国地方当局 (LAs) 的公共卫生从业者越来越负责影响各局的政策,以解决更广泛的健康决定因素.
- 尽管有国际专业标准,在公共卫生领域的宣传作用,特别是关于政策变革的宣传作用仍然未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 探索公共卫生从业人员的专业技能,角色特征和学习需求,倡导限制高脂肪,盐和糖 (HFSS) 产品广告.
- 了解公共卫生领域有效政策宣传的挑战和要求.
主要方法:
- 一项定性研究,涉及10个月的三个采访,与来自四个当地局的政策倡导者进行了采访.
- 在研究结束时,有三个重点小组,其中包括来自10个地区的12名公共卫生倡导者.
- 转录的采访和焦点小组数据的回归分析.
主要成果:
- 执业人员经常觉得在政策倡导方面缺乏经验,认为它与传统的公共卫生活动不同.
- 成功倡导的关键技能包括人际交往能力,对政策和治理的了解,决心,性,信心和领导力.
- 正式教育不足;宣传培训,指导和角色建模被认为是专业发展的关键.
结论:
- 公共卫生从业人员需要提高技能和支持,以有效地倡导政策,解决更广泛的健康决定因素,如HFSS广告限制.
- 公共卫生专业必须更好地了解宣传作用及其复杂的技能要求,在地方和国家层面的劳动力发展中优先考虑它.
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