Using policy codesign to achieve multi-sector alignment in adolescent behavioral health: a study protocol.

Adolescent Behavioral health Evidence use Formation Policy design Substance use

Journal

Implementation science communications
ISSN: 2662-2211
Titre abrégé: Implement Sci Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101764360

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 May 2024
Historique:
received: 25 03 2024
accepted: 06 04 2024
medline: 9 5 2024
pubmed: 9 5 2024
entrez: 9 5 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Policymaking is quickly gaining focus in the field of implementation science as a potential opportunity for aligning cross-sector systems and introducing incentives to promote population health, including substance use disorders (SUD) and their prevention in adolescents. Policymakers are seen as holding the necessary levers for realigning service infrastructure to more rapidly and effectively address adolescent behavioral health across the continuum of need (prevention through crisis care, mental health, and SUD) and in multiple locations (schools, primary care, community settings). The difficulty of aligning policy intent, policy design, and successful policy implementation is a well-known challenge in the broader public policy and public administration literature that also affects local behavioral health policymaking. This study will examine a blended approach of coproduction and codesign (i.e., Policy Codesign), iteratively developed over multiple years to address problems in policy formation that often lead to poor implementation outcomes. The current study evaluates this scalable approach using reproducible measures to grow the knowledge base in this field of study. This is a single-arm, longitudinal, staggered implementation study to examine the acceptability and short-term impacts of Policy Codesign in resolving critical challenges in behavioral health policy formation. The aims are to (1) examine the acceptability, feasibility, and reach of Policy Codesign within two geographically distinct counties in Washington state, USA; (2) examine the impact of Policy Codesign on multisector policy development within these counties using social network analysis; and (3) assess the perceived replicability of Policy Codesign among leaders and other staff of policy-oriented state behavioral health intermediary organizations across the USA. This study will assess the feasibility of a specific approach to collaborative policy development, Policy Codesign, in two diverse regions. Results will inform a subsequent multi-state study measuring the impact and effectiveness of this approach for achieving multi-sector and evidence informed policy development in adolescent SUD prevention and treatment.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Policymaking is quickly gaining focus in the field of implementation science as a potential opportunity for aligning cross-sector systems and introducing incentives to promote population health, including substance use disorders (SUD) and their prevention in adolescents. Policymakers are seen as holding the necessary levers for realigning service infrastructure to more rapidly and effectively address adolescent behavioral health across the continuum of need (prevention through crisis care, mental health, and SUD) and in multiple locations (schools, primary care, community settings). The difficulty of aligning policy intent, policy design, and successful policy implementation is a well-known challenge in the broader public policy and public administration literature that also affects local behavioral health policymaking. This study will examine a blended approach of coproduction and codesign (i.e., Policy Codesign), iteratively developed over multiple years to address problems in policy formation that often lead to poor implementation outcomes. The current study evaluates this scalable approach using reproducible measures to grow the knowledge base in this field of study.
METHODS METHODS
This is a single-arm, longitudinal, staggered implementation study to examine the acceptability and short-term impacts of Policy Codesign in resolving critical challenges in behavioral health policy formation. The aims are to (1) examine the acceptability, feasibility, and reach of Policy Codesign within two geographically distinct counties in Washington state, USA; (2) examine the impact of Policy Codesign on multisector policy development within these counties using social network analysis; and (3) assess the perceived replicability of Policy Codesign among leaders and other staff of policy-oriented state behavioral health intermediary organizations across the USA.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
This study will assess the feasibility of a specific approach to collaborative policy development, Policy Codesign, in two diverse regions. Results will inform a subsequent multi-state study measuring the impact and effectiveness of this approach for achieving multi-sector and evidence informed policy development in adolescent SUD prevention and treatment.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38720398
doi: 10.1186/s43058-024-00583-y
pii: 10.1186/s43058-024-00583-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

54

Subventions

Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : 1R34DA058806-01
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sarah Cusworth Walker (SC)

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. secwalkr@uw.edu.

Kym R Ahrens (KR)

Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.

Mandy D Owens (MD)

Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

McKenna Parnes (M)

Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.

Joe Langley (J)

Lab For Living, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.

Christine Ackerley (C)

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Jonathan Purtle (J)

Department of Public Health Policy and Management, Global Center for Implementation Science, New York University, New York City, USA.

Lisa Saldana (L)

Chestnut Health Systems, Lighthouse Institute, Eugene, OR, USA.

Gregory A Aarons (GA)

Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego ACTRI Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Aaron Hogue (A)

Partnership to End Addiction, New York, NY, USA.

Lawrence A Palinkas (LA)

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

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