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. 2014 Nov;47(6):298-308.
doi: 10.3961/jpmph.14.029. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Public participation in the process of local public health policy, using policy network analysis

Yukyung Park  1 , Chang-Yup Kim  1 , Myoung Soon You  2 , Kun Sei Lee  3 , Eunyoung Park  4
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Public participation in the process of local public health policy, using policy network analysis

Yukyung Park et al. J Prev Med Public Health. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the current public participation in-local health policy and its implications through the analysis of policy networks in health center programs.

Methods: We examined the decision-making process in sub-health center installations and the implementation process in metabolic syndrome management program cases in two districts ('gu's) of Seoul. Participants of the policy network were selected by the snowballing method and completed self-administered questionnaires. Actors, the interactions among actors, and the characteristics of the network were analyzed by Netminer.

Results: The results showed that the public is not yet actively participating in the local public health policy processes of decision-making and implementation. In the decision-making process, most of the network actors were in the public sector, while the private sector was a minor actor and participated in only a limited number of issues after the major decisions were made. In the implementation process, the program was led by the health center, while other actors participated passively.

Conclusions: Public participation in Korean public health policy is not yet well activated. Preliminary discussions with various stakeholders, including civil society, are needed before making important local public health policy decisions. In addition, efforts to include local institutions and residents in the implementation process with the public officials are necessary to improve the situation.

Keywords: Local public health policy; Policy network; Policy process; Public participation; Social network analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest with the material presented in this paper.

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Figure. 1.
Network of the policy-making process for establishment of the urban sub-health center. (A) District A and (B) district B.
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Figure. 2.
Network of the policy-implementation process for the metabolic syndrome management program. (A) District A and (B) district B.
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