Examining the role of context in the implementation of a deliberative public participation experiment: Results from a Canadian comparative study

Abelson, Julia; Forest, Pierre Gerlier; Eyles, John; Casebeer, Ann; Martin, Élisabeth; MacKean, Gail

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.01.013

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“…Previous studies have focused on the role of context in health policy and program planning (Abelson et al 2007;Boivin et al 2014). Others also identified the possible outcome of public participation (Alborz et al 2002;Restall and Kaufert 2011;Carman et al 2015;Conklin et al 2015).…”

Section: Public Participation In Health Policy and Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This knowledge is essential to guide the organisers of the participatory exercise with regard to the identification of the appropriate type and extent of public involvement. Knowledge about the contexts where participatory practices are implemented is another important element of this mechanism (Abelson et al 2007;Sneddon and Fox 2007;Boote et al 2010;McCoy et al 2012). The analysis of the political, social and cultural conditions, including the role of power, enables public participation practitioners to situate efforts in making public participation contribute to the social development process.…”

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Understanding the factors that make public participation effective in health policy and planning: a realist synthesis

Pagatpatan

Ward

2017

Aust. J. Prim. Health

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Abstract. Although researchers argue for the importance of involving the public in developing health policy, there has been little focus on central research questions -such as what techniques of public participation work, in what circumstances, and why. This paper presents a realist synthesis which identifies and explains the underlying mechanisms and specific contextual factors that lead to effective public participation in health policy and planning. Peer-reviewed, English language literature was searched, which resulted in 77 articles for review and synthesis. This synthesis uncovered the underlying mechanism of 'political commitment' that generates public participation effectiveness. The other three possible underlying mechanisms, namely: 'partnership synergy', 'inclusiveness' and 'deliberativeness', were found to potentially provide further explanation on public participation effectiveness for health policy and planning. The findings of this review provide evidence that can be useful to health practitioners and decision-makers to actively involve the public when drafting public health policies and programs and, more importantly, guide them in deciding which strategies to best employ for which contexts.

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Section: Public Participation In Health Policy and Planningmentioning

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Understanding the factors that make public participation effective in health policy and planning: a realist synthesis

Pagatpatan

Ward

2017

Aust. J. Prim. Health

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“…Each deliberation included an overview of the background of the topic followed by a Q&A session and a combination of large (externally facilitated by JA) and small (self-facilitated) group discussions with reporting back and thematic summarizing sessions that sought common ground while highlighting any points of divergence within the group. Collectively, these represent validated methods of deliberative processes, 21 which previous studies have shown to elicit in-depth views, emphasizing informed, values-based reasoning, with the goal of reaching common ground on complex, value-laden topics. [22][23][24][25][26] These deliberative methods are increasingly used to elicit public values on genomics policy issues.…”

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Citizens' perspectives on personalized medicine: a qualitative public deliberation study

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Our objective was to explore citizens' informed and reasoned values and expectations of personalized medicine, a timely yet novel genomics policy issue. A qualitative, public deliberation study was undertaken using a citizens' reference panel on health technologies, established to provide input to the health technology assessment process in Ontario, Canada. The citizens' panel consisted of five women and nine men, aged 18-71 years, with one member selected from each health authority region. There were shared expectations among the citizens' panel members for the potential of personalized medicine technologies to improve care, provided they are deemed clinically valid and effective. These expectations were tempered by concerns about value for money and the possibility that access to treatment may be limited by personalized medicine tests used to stratify patients. Although they questioned the presumed technological imperative presented by personalized medicine technologies, they called for increased efforts to prepare the health-care system to effectively integrate these technologies. This study represents an early but important effort to explore public values toward personalized medicine. This study also provides evidence of the public's ability to form coherent judgments about a new policy issue. Concerned that personalized tests might be used to ration care, they suggested that treatment should be made available if patients wanted it, irrespective of tests that indicate little benefit. This issue raises clinical and policy challenges that may undermine the value of personalized medicine. Further efforts to deliberate with the public are warranted to inform effective, efficient and equitable translation of personalized medicine.

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“…In recent decades, there has been an increased interest in participation for environmental decision making (Reed, 2008;Hansen and Mäenpää, 2007;Abelson et al, 2007). Public participation around the world has been part of a wide range of environmental applications including integrated watershed management (Sabatier et al, 2005;ISPWDK, 2005;Kenney et al, 2000), agricultural development (Wilson, 2004;Chambers, 1994), ecosystem management (Knight et al, 2006), environmental governance (Rist et al, 2007), forest management (Buttoud and Yunusova, 2002;Carter and Gronow, 2005) and planning (Buchy and Hoverman, 2000;Buchecker et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, it must be stressed that simply copying the best examples of public participation will not guarantee success in other case studies. Cultural, political and historical contexts should also be taken into account (Stenseke, 2009;Abelson et al, 2007HarmoniCOP, 2005Sabatier et al, 2005;Irvin and Stansbury, 2004;Vroom, 2003;Sobel et al, 2001). Another example is the practice to focus on only specific, limited aspects of the process (Reed, 2008;Abelson et al, 2007;Buchy and Hoverman, 2000).…”

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A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects

Luyet

Schlaepfer

Parlange

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Journal of Environmental Management

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a b s t r a c tParticipation has emerged as an appropriate approach for enhancing natural resources management. However, despite long experimentation with participation, there are still possibilities for improvement in designing a process of stakeholder involvement by addressing stakeholder heterogeneity and the complexity of decision-making processes.This paper provides a state-of-the-art overview of methods. It proposes a comprehensive framework to implement stakeholder participation in environmental projects, from stakeholder identification to evaluation. For each process within this framework, techniques are reviewed and practical tools proposed. The aim of this paper is to establish methods to determine who should participate, when and how. The application of this framework to one river restoration case study in Switzerland will illustrate its strengths and weaknesses.

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Examining the role of context in the implementation of a deliberative public participation experiment: Results from a Canadian comparative study

Cited by 92 publications

References 23 publications

Understanding the factors that make public participation effective in health policy and planning: a realist synthesis

Understanding the factors that make public participation effective in health policy and planning: a realist synthesis

Citizens' perspectives on personalized medicine: a qualitative public deliberation study

A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects

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