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Integrating Foresight Methodologies into National Health Policy Frameworks for Future Shock Preparedness
Health systems face increasing volatility from emerging global health shocks and systemic crises. This research explores how structured foresight approaches can be embedded into policy-making cycles to improve long-term resilience.
In plain words
Health systems keep facing sudden shocks and crises. How can health ministries build regular thinking about possible futures into their policy work, so that long-term planning actually shapes today's decisions and countries are better prepared?
Primary research question
How can foresight methodologies be effectively integrated into national health policy-making to enhance systemic resilience against future health shocks?
Knowledge gap
What remains worth asking
The source suggests that while foresight is valuable, it remains useful to test how specific institutional mechanisms can bridge the gap between long-term scenario planning and immediate policy implementation.
Potential contribution
Why it may matter
Effective integration of foresight into health policy could significantly reduce the societal and economic costs of future health crises.
Academic placement
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: National health ministries and regional health governance bodies. · Method signals: Comparative policy analysis, Expert Delphi study, Case study
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Postgraduate diploma
Policy implementation and health administration
Doctoral
Theoretical frameworks for systemic health resilience
- originality
- Moderate
- methodology
- Moderate
- Data access
- Accessible
- ethics
- Accessible
Quality and audit
82/100 quality
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- Focus on institutional barriers to foresight adoption.
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APA 7 source
Pagel, C., Robertson, D. A., & Yates, C. A. (2024). Foresight approaches for future health shocks: integration into policy making and accompanying research priorities. BMJ, 387, e078647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078647
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