What quantitative and qualitative methods have been developed to measure the implementation of a life-course approach in public health policies at the national level?
What quantitative and qualitative methods have been developed to measure the implementation of a life-course approach in public health policies at the national level?
A life-course approach to health and well-being has become a pillar in health policy-making; for example, Member States of the WHO European Region in the 2015 Minsk Declaration resolved to make greater use of a life-course approach in health policies. However, strategies for implementation of a life-course approach, and a plan for monitoring and evaluating this implementation, are lacking. This scoping review identified a lack of literature with a focus on measurement of the implementation of a life-course approach. The report provides suggestions from research on a life-course approach in public health interventions and national-level strategies that could aid policy-makers in developing a measurement framework. For example, Member States using a life-course approach in policy at a population level could report on existing interventions in key stages of the life-course using existing survey platforms and routinely collected quantitative data. Ideally, a monitoring and evaluation framework collecting data longitudinally across different life stages over time should be created for Member States.
Health plan implementation, methods, health policy, Quality of Life, life style, health status indicators, public health
World Health Organization
Jacob, Chandni Maria
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Cooper, Cyrus
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Baird, Janis
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Hanson, Mark
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2019
Jacob, Chandni Maria
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Cooper, Cyrus
e05f5612-b493-4273-9b71-9e0ce32bdad6
Baird, Janis
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Hanson, Mark
1952fad1-abc7-4284-a0bc-a7eb31f70a3f
Jacob, Chandni Maria, Cooper, Cyrus, Baird, Janis and Hanson, Mark
(2019)
What quantitative and qualitative methods have been developed to measure the implementation of a life-course approach in public health policies at the national level?
(Health Evidence Network synthesis report, 63)
Copenhagen.
World Health Organization
50pp.
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Abstract
A life-course approach to health and well-being has become a pillar in health policy-making; for example, Member States of the WHO European Region in the 2015 Minsk Declaration resolved to make greater use of a life-course approach in health policies. However, strategies for implementation of a life-course approach, and a plan for monitoring and evaluating this implementation, are lacking. This scoping review identified a lack of literature with a focus on measurement of the implementation of a life-course approach. The report provides suggestions from research on a life-course approach in public health interventions and national-level strategies that could aid policy-makers in developing a measurement framework. For example, Member States using a life-course approach in policy at a population level could report on existing interventions in key stages of the life-course using existing survey platforms and routinely collected quantitative data. Ideally, a monitoring and evaluation framework collecting data longitudinally across different life stages over time should be created for Member States.
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Health plan implementation, methods, health policy, Quality of Life, life style, health status indicators, public health
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