title: Barriers to knowledge production, knowledge translation, and urban health policy change: ideological, economic, and political considerations.
abstract: In this paper, we consider social forces that affect the processes of both knowledge production and knowledge translation in relation to urban health research. First, we briefly review our conceptual model, derived from a social-conflict framework, to outline how unequal power relations and health inequalities are causally linked. Second, we critically discuss ideological, political, and economic barriers that exist within academia that affect knowledge production related to urban health and health inequalities. Third, we broaden the scope of our analysis to examine how the ideological, political, and economic environment beyond the academy creates barriers to health equity policy making. We conclude with some key questions about the role that knowledge translation can possibly play in light of these constraints on research and policy for urban health.
authors.affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muntaner
authors.forename: Haejoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014504:Urban Health