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Shaping Policy on Chronic Diseases through National Policy Dialogs in CHRODIS PLUS.

ABSTRACT: Policy dialogs are deliberative dialogue that gather policy makers and relevant stakeholders from across disciplines to discuss a topic of mutual interest. They typically serve as a single element in a broader policymaking cycle, either informing the content of new policy or forming a component of policy evaluation and review. In the joint action CHRODIS PLUS, national policy dialogs were conducted in fourteen EU Member States. The aim of the dialogs was to identify new policies or changes to existing policies and legislation that are capable of tackling major risk factors for chronic disease, to strengthen health promotion and prevention programs and to ensure health systems are equipped to respond to priority issues within the chronic diseases field. In this paper, we present the CHRODIS PLUS policy dialog methodology, as well as results and lessons learnt from three national policy dialogs held in Ireland, Portugal and Spain. After discussion of the results, we conclude that the CHRODIS PLUS methodology is an effective mechanism to provoke deliberative discussion around chronic disease prevention and management in different countries. However, it is essential to ensure adequate human and financial resources-as well as political commitment-to accomplish objectives set out during the policy dialogs. We argue that priority-setting across sectors can improve the resilience of health systems and opportunities for investment in Health in All Policies (HiAP), both at European Union and Member State levels.

SUBMITTER: Sienkiewicz D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7579029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Shaping Policy on Chronic Diseases through National Policy Dialogs in CHRODIS PLUS.

Sienkiewicz Dorota D Maassen Alison A Imaz-Iglesia Iñaki I Poses-Ferrer Elisa E McAvoy Helen H Horgan Rita R Arriaga Miguel Telo de MT Barnfield Andrew A

International journal of environmental research and public health 20200928 19

Policy dialogs are deliberative dialogue that gather policy makers and relevant stakeholders from across disciplines to discuss a topic of mutual interest. They typically serve as a single element in a broader policymaking cycle, either informing the content of new policy or forming a component of policy evaluation and review. In the joint action CHRODIS PLUS, national policy dialogs were conducted in fourteen EU Member States. The aim of the dialogs was to identify new policies or changes to ex ...[more]

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