Researchers from Harvard University Report on Findings in Managed Care (An Umbrella Review of Intersectoral and Multisectoral Approaches To Health Policy): Managed Care

2023 SEP 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Despite the widespread acceptance of the need for intersectoral and multisectoral approaches, knowledge around how to support, achieve, and sustain multisectoral action is limited. While there have been studies that seek to collate evidence on multisectoral action with a specific focus (e.g., Health in All Policies [HiAP]), we postulated that successes of working cross-sectorally to achieve health goals with one approach can glean insights and perhaps translate to other approaches which work across sectors (i.e., shared insights across HiAP, Healthy Cities, One Health, and other approaches).”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Harvard University, “Thus, the goal of this study is to assemble evidence from systematic approaches to reviewing the literature (e.g., scoping review, systematic review) that collate findings on facili-tators/enablers of and barriers to implementing various intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to health, to strengthen understanding of how to best implement health policies that work across sectors, whichever they may be. This umbrella review (i.e., review of reviews) was informed by the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews, yielding 10 studies included in this review. Enablers detailed are: (1) systems for liaising and engaged communication; (2) political leadership; (3) shared vision or common goals (win-win strategies); (4) education and access to information; and (5) funding. Barriers detailed were: (1) lack of shared vision across sectors; (2) lack of funding; (3) lack of political leadership; (4) lack of ownership and accountability; and (5) insufficient and unavailable indicators and data.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “These findings provide a rigorous evidence base for policymakers to inform intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to not only aid in the achievement of goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, but to work towards health equity.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: An Umbrella Review of Intersectoral and Multisectoral Approaches To Health Policy. Social Science & Medicine, 2022;315:115469. Social Science & Medicine can be contacted at: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Michelle Amri, Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Takemi Program Int Hlth, Boston, MA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Ali Chatur and Patricia ‘Campo.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115469. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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