Use of the Delphi method as an instrument of community participation in health needs assessment.

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Journal of Public Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-29 DOI:10.1057/s41271-025-00559-9

Luna Rodríguez Pérez, Manuel Rodríguez Rodríguez, Rosario Vigo Ortega, Silvia Sicre Alonso, Tránsito Cebrián Valero, Pilar Mentuy Isus, Luis Gabriel Luque Romero

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We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the usefulness of the Delphi technique for facilitating community participation in local health needs assessments within the Andalusian Local Health Action Network, Spain. We developed an ad hoc online questionnaire based on the Social Determinants of Health model and applied it to a panel of experts in two municipalities in the province of Seville (Andalusia, Spain) between May and June 2021. Our results reflected good panelist participation. The questionnaire successfully enabled the prioritization of both new and original items, some of which were incorporated into local health policies. We concluded that the Delphi method was effective for facilitating participation in local health needs assessments offering a replicable, cost-effective approach that accelerated local policy development and supported the implementation of Health in All Policies within local government.

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使用德尔菲法作为社区参与卫生需求评估的工具。

我们对德尔菲技术在促进社区参与西班牙安达卢西亚地方卫生行动网络的地方卫生需求评估方面的有用性进行了全面分析。我们根据健康的社会决定因素模型开发了一份临时在线问卷，并于2021年5月至6月期间将其应用于塞维利亚省（西班牙安达卢西亚）两个城市的一个专家小组。我们的结果反映了小组成员的良好参与。调查问卷成功地确定了新项目和原有项目的优先次序，其中一些项目已纳入地方卫生政策。我们的结论是，德尔菲法对于促进参与地方卫生需求评估是有效的，它提供了一种可复制的、具有成本效益的方法，加速了地方政策的制定，并支持地方政府实施“全民健康”政策。

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Journal of Public Health Policy 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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5.70

自引率

2.60%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Public Health Policy (JPHP) will continue its 35 year tradition: an accessible source of scholarly articles on the epidemiologic and social foundations of public health policy, rigorously edited, and progressive. JPHP aims to create a more inclusive public health policy dialogue, within nations and among them. It broadens public health policy debates beyond the ''health system'' to examine all forces and environments that impinge on the health of populations. It provides an exciting platform for airing controversy and framing policy debates - honing policies to solve new problems and unresolved old ones. JPHP welcomes unsolicited original scientific and policy contributions on all public health topics. New authors are particularly encouraged to enter debates about how to improve the health of populations and reduce health disparities.