<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This editorial describes how research in primary health care can be used to influence policy. It draws on previous literature to give an example from the UK of how research in one part of primary care, the health-visiting service, has endeavoured to use evidence to influence policy and practice. The editorial considers frameworks for policy implementation such as Bardach’s eight phase approach and concepts that can inform policy implementation such as Lipsky’s Street-Level Bureaucrat approach.</p></abstract>

This editorial describes how research in primary health care can be used to influence policy. It draws on previous literature to give an example from the UK of how research in one part of primary care, the health-visiting service, has endeavoured to use evidence to influence policy and practice. The editorial considers frameworks for policy implementation such as Bardach’s eight phase approach and concepts that can inform policy implementation such as Lipsky’s Street-Level Bureaucrat approach.

Primary care research – influencing and implementing into policy

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Raziskave o primarnem zdravstvenem varstvu – vplivanje in uvajanje v politiko

This editorial describes how research in primary health care can be used to influence policy. It draws on previous literature to give an example from the UK of...

Primary care research – influencing and implementing into policy

Article Category: Invited editorial

Published Online: Jun 28, 2021

Page range: 138 - 144

Received: Jan 27, 2021

Accepted: Jan 29, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0020

Keywords
policy implementation, primary health care, research, health visiting

© 2021 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Primary care research – influencing and implementing into policy

Article Category: Invited editorial

Published Online: Jun 28, 2021

Page range: 138 - 144

Received: Jan 27, 2021

Accepted: Jan 29, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0020

Keywordspolicy implementation, primary health care, research, health visiting

© 2021 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
policy implementation, primary health care, research, health visiting