Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study
Abstract Objective: We aim to reflect on the introduction of risk‐based approaches to public health, driven by legislation outlining the expected local government public health functions and roles by identifying factors that most influenced organisational change within the Western Australia local go...
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| author | Melissa Stoneham Melinda Edmunds Christina Pollard |
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| description | Abstract Objective: We aim to reflect on the introduction of risk‐based approaches to public health, driven by legislation outlining the expected local government public health functions and roles by identifying factors that most influenced organisational change within the Western Australia local government sector when developing and submitting child and young people's health and social policy to an annual Awards program. Methods: This paper uses 10 years of data from a WA‐based Local Government Policy Awards scheme to identify planned organisational change within the local government sector by applying a tangible organisational change model to develop a change narrative to describe factors that influenced local governments to address public health. Semi‐structured interviews of 83 local government officers over the 10 years since implementation were used to create the narrative and identify factors that strengthened or hindered policy development and implementation at the local organisational level. Results: Participant interviews highlighted that the Policy Award Scheme contributed to steps outlined in the Pettigrew et al. (1992) stepped model of organisational change theory to support policy development. Implications for public health: Few studies have explored these elements in their own right. We argue that advocacy for structured policy development is continually needed to support and promote internal policy prioritisation and implementation in practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ef38830676c49beb9e79246127258a42023-09-03T02:57:36ZengElsevierAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health1326-02001753-64052021-08-0145435536310.1111/1753-6405.13128Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative studyMelissa Stoneham0Melinda Edmunds1Christina Pollard2Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia Curtin University Western AustraliaPublic Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia Curtin University Western AustraliaPublic Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia Curtin University Western AustraliaAbstract Objective: We aim to reflect on the introduction of risk‐based approaches to public health, driven by legislation outlining the expected local government public health functions and roles by identifying factors that most influenced organisational change within the Western Australia local government sector when developing and submitting child and young people's health and social policy to an annual Awards program. Methods: This paper uses 10 years of data from a WA‐based Local Government Policy Awards scheme to identify planned organisational change within the local government sector by applying a tangible organisational change model to develop a change narrative to describe factors that influenced local governments to address public health. Semi‐structured interviews of 83 local government officers over the 10 years since implementation were used to create the narrative and identify factors that strengthened or hindered policy development and implementation at the local organisational level. Results: Participant interviews highlighted that the Policy Award Scheme contributed to steps outlined in the Pettigrew et al. (1992) stepped model of organisational change theory to support policy development. Implications for public health: Few studies have explored these elements in their own right. We argue that advocacy for structured policy development is continually needed to support and promote internal policy prioritisation and implementation in practice.https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13128policylocal governmentadvocacychildrenhealthenvironment |
| spellingShingle | Melissa Stoneham Melinda Edmunds Christina Pollard Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health policy local government advocacy children health environment |
| title | Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study |
| title_full | Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study |
| title_short | Local governments' decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing: a Western Australian qualitative study |
| title_sort | local governments decade of organisational change to promote child health and wellbeing a western australian qualitative study |
| topic | policy local government advocacy children health environment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13128 |
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