Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

"Health in All Policy" is a framework for policy analysis and advocacy championed by organizations like the American Public Health Association and many academic researchers.  The Health in All Policy concept emphasizes that public policies not traditionally associated with health (e.g., economic and anti-poverty policy) can have profound downstream impacts on population health.  It is unclear whether the Health in All Policy framework resonates in the broader policy debate, however.  In this study, we will use a survey experiment on an elite sample of state policy advocates to compare the impact such experts believe Health in All Policy Research can have as compared to research focused on outcomes more traditionally associated with the policy issue in question.  Specifically, we will compare the impact of hypothetical research reports that project positive and negative impacts of a potential state minimum wage increase.  In one condition, the impacts described will be in the realm of health, while the other condition will refer to more traditional research on potential economic impacts.