Determinants of using children's mental health research in policymaking: variation by type of research use and phase of policy process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research use in policymaking is multi-faceted and has been the focus of extensive study. However, virtually no quantitative studies have examined whether the determinants of research use vary according to the type of research use or phase of policy process. Understanding such variation is important for selecting the targets of implementation strategies that aim to increase the frequency of research use in policymaking.

Methods

A web-based survey of US state agency officials involved with children's mental health policymaking was conducted between December 2019 and February 2020 (n = 224, response rate = 33.7%, 49 states responding (98%), median respondents per state = 4). The dependent variables were composite scores of the frequency of using children's mental hea

SUBMITTER: Purtle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815190 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature