Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain
policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks theoretical …

Health is created largely outside the health sector. Engagement in health governance,
policy, and intervention development and implementation by sectors other than health is …

Background Evidence on current, national physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour
(SB) policies is limited. We, therefore, analysed availability, comprehensiveness …

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McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge …

The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the
nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly …

ObjectiveTo progress nutrition policy change and develop more effective advocates, it is
useful to consider real-world factors and practical experiences of past advocacy efforts to …

'We know what we have to do, but we don't know how to do it'has been a recurring comment
among global health actors for a long time. In 2010, for example, the United Nations affirmed …

The past few years have seen the emergence of claims that the political determinants of
health do not get due consideration and a growing demand for better insights into public …

Background National policy approaches to physical activity (PA) promotion and sedentary
behaviour (SB) reduction are needed to address rising rates of non-communicable …

Background Theories of the policy process are recommended as tools to help explain both
policy stasis and change. Methods A systematic review of the application of such theoretical …