Building evidence into youth health policy: a case study of the Access 3 knowledge translation forum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective integration of evidence and youth perspectives into policy is crucial for supporting the future health and well-being of young people. The aim of this project was to translate evidence from the Access 3 project to support development of a new state policy on youth health and well-being within New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Ensuring the active contribution of young people within policy development was a key objective of the knowledge translation (KT) process.

Methods

The KT activity consisted of a 1-day facilitated forum with 64 purposively sampled stakeholders. Participants included eight young people, 14 policy-makers, 15 academics, 22 clinicians or managers from NSW health services, four general practitioners and one mental health service worker. Re

SUBMITTER: Waller D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022323 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature