使用最佳-最差缩放来为非洲的政策决策提供信息:文献综述
Laura K Beres1, Nicola B Campoamor2, Rachael Hawthorn3
1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Office, Baltimore, MD, 5032, 21205, USA.
BMC public health
|September 28, 2024
概括
非洲越来越多地使用最佳-最差缩放 (BWS) 进行政策决策,特别是在农业和卫生领域. 这种方法有效地评估利益相关者的优先事项,以告知政策和改善卫生系统.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 政策研究 政策研究
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 利益相关者的参与对于政策决策至关重要,特别是在非洲的低收入和中等收入国家.
- 离散选择实验很常见,但最佳-最差缩放 (BWS) 提供了一个有价值的优先级替代方案.
- 了解BWS在非洲的应用,可以突出其对政策的有用性.
研究的目的:
- 记录和探索BWS在非洲环境中的应用.
- 评估BWS如何以及为什么被用来为政策决策提供信息.
- 推广BWS作为利益相关者优先评估的方法.
主要方法:
- 对BWS在非洲优先考虑的已发表应用进行了文献审查.
- 确定并分析研究的应用,上下文和方法.
主要成果:
- 确定了35项利用非洲BWS的研究,其中大多数是最近发表的.
- BWS主要应用于农业 (43%) 和健康 (34%),但也应用于相关的社会决定因素.
- 研究涵盖了非洲不同地区,采用了各种设计和分析方法,通常显示出高质量和政策相关性.
结论:
- 非洲越来越多地采用BWS证实了其可行性和有效性.
- 建议研究人员,实施者,政策制定者和资助者使用BWS进行偏好研究.
- 利用BWS可以显著影响政策,并加强非洲大陆的卫生系统.
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