International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health: A Response to Gagnon and Colleagues

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Anita Kothari 1
Ruta Valaitis 2
Vera Etches 3
Marc Lefebvre 4
Cal Martell 5
Sinéad McElhone 6
Ruth Sanderson 7
Louise Simmons 8
1 School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada
2 School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3 Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada
4 Sudbury & District Health Unit, Sudbury, ON, Canada
5 Champlain LHIN, Ottawa, ON, Canada
6 Public Health Department-Niagara Region, Niagara, ON, Canada
7 Oxford County Public Health, Woodstock, ON, Canada
8 Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Cornwall, ON, Canada
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.103
Keywords
Public Policy
Public Health
Research
Healthy Public Policies
Political Science
Subjects

Dear Editor,

As public health scholars and practitioners, we read the perspective offered in “Why and How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health? Proposals for Collaborative Research Avenues”  by Gagnon et al1 with great interest... (Read more...)

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  3. Van de Ven A, Johnson PE. Knowledge for Theory and Practice. Academy of Management Review. 2006;31(4):802-821.
  4. Kothari A, Regan S, Gore D, et al. Using an integrated knowledge translation approach to build a public health research agenda. Health Res Policy Syst. 2014;12:6. doi:10.1186/1478-4505-12-6
  5. Core Public Health Functions Research Initiative Website. http://www.uvic.ca/research/groups/cphfri/. Accessed August 7, 2017.
  6. World Health Organization. WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance. In http://www.who.int/ethics/publications/public-health-surveillance/en/.  Published 2017.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 3
2018
Pages 288-289

  • Received Date 16 August 2017
  • Revised Date 06 September 2017
  • Accepted Date 19 August 2017
  • First Published Date 01 March 2018
  • Published Date 01 March 2018