New Behavioral Medicine Study Findings Have Been Reported by a Researcher at Cornell University (Constituent-driven health policy informed by policy advocacy literature): Behavior Research – Behavioral Medicine

2023 FEB 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on behavioral medicine is now available. According to news reporting originating from Ithaca, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “In this position paper, a theoretical framework is proposed to formulate engaged, evidence-based health policy based on the priorities of constituents.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Cornell University: “An initial literature review was conducted to gain insight on the gaps in knowledge. Three emergent domains were identified: advocacy, research, and policymaking. The inputs and intermediates to the final output (equitable, evidence-based health policy outcomes) were identified and further elaborated upon in each corresponding section of the paper. Additionally, the main objective of each domain based on the literature review and the implications of each step were noted. Researchers have been identified as crucial to the education of policymakers to ultimately produce informed, evidence-based policy. Community advocates and researchers must attempt to advocate for policy issues as the ultimate role of policymakers in this process necessitates effective engagement to promote political will in the policymaking process.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “To do so, community advocates must scale-up from the individual to coalitions with strong leadership. In conjunction with a policy champion, these efforts by constituents (community advocates and researchers) would result in the most effective modes of policy development and implementation. The Constituent-driven Policy Advocacy Model (CPAM) introduced in this paper creates the potential for a new precedent in policymaking, in which advocacy, community engagement, evidence synthesis and evaluation, as well as science communication are common practices, leading to more sensitive, targeted, and equitable policy outcomes.”

For more information on this research see: Constituent-driven health policy informed by policy advocacy literature. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2023. The publisher for Translational Behavioral Medicine is Oxford University Press (OUP).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac116.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Roger Figueroa, Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States. Additional authors for this research include Rahul Verma.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the author of this research: Roger Figueroa (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-7741).

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