Research in the service of policy change: The "custody problem"
Research in the service of policy change: The "custody problem"
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DOI：
10.1177/106342660301100106
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Pullmann, MD
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作者：
Friesen, BJ;Giliberti, M;Pullmann, MD
在本文中，我们以监护权放弃问题(“监护权问题”)为例，举例说明了在政策变化过程中可以使用研究的一些方法。我们认为，研究结果本身很少引起必要的政策变化；然而，研究可以通过以下几种方式为政策提供信息：(A)查明和描述问题或社会问题的性质和程度，(B)揭示查明的问题的负面后果，(C)估计各种战略的后果，以及(D)研究政策执行的过程和结果。在这里描述的案例研究中，研究与家庭故事相结合是最有效的。这些故事赋予了问题生命，研究帮助找到了有故事可讲的家庭，确定了问题不仅仅是轶事，并提出了解决问题的方法。研究还被用来查明政策变化和成果执行中的问题。
In this article we provide an example of some ways in which research can be used in the policy change process, using the issue of custody relinquishment ("the custody problem") as an example. Our view is that research findings alone rarely cause needed policy change; however, research can be used to inform policy in a number of ways: (a) identifying and describing the nature and extent of an issue or social problem, (b) revealing the negative consequences of the identified problem, (c) estimating the consequences of various strategies, and (d) studying the process and outcomes of policy implementation. In the case studies profiled here, research was most effective when combined with family stories. The stories gave the problem life, and the research helped find families with stories to tell, established that the problem was more than anecdotal, and suggested ways that the problem could be addressed. Research was also used to identify problems in the implementation of policy change and outcomes.