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KMID : 0904520170440010045
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Health and Medical Sociology
2017 Volume.44 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.80
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Knowledge Translation for Health Inequality in South Korea
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Park Yeo-Ri
Kim Myoung-Hee
Kim Sae-Rom
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Abstract
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This study aims to identify the way in which research/knowledge acts as an impediment to development of a political agenda and shows the possibility to address the issue of health inequality based on knowledge translation theory. The study was based on interviews with 17 participants including researchers, public health practitioners, and policymakers who have experience in the policymaking process on the issue of health inequality. On information availability, participants perceived that there was little research about health inequality in South Korea. Next, at the level of knowledge synthesis, the participants indicated that there is a lack of infrastructure, such as institutions for research dissemination that can conduct and synthesize studies. In developing knowledge tools, they argued that they need diverse studies from varied perspectives. Because there is no foundation on which to base the translation of knowledge, each participant understood the status of studies on health inequality differently. Public health practitioners, for example, indicated that this hinders the accessibility of information. On the other hand, researchers argued that failure of policy might be attributed to the lack of an integrated index to evaluate public health policy. Most participants agreed that policymakers and government officials are lack of capability and interest in health inequalities. Based on failed cases, we suggest that research should develop strategies to translate knowledge to promote policymaking on health inequality.
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KEYWORD
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Health inequality, Knowledge translation, Public health policy, Political agenda, Qualitative research
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