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Public Health Policy

What is Public ?

Agenda - Setting: A Model

Broad Policy Models

  • Problem stream: define, frame, problem
  • Policy stream: feasibility, public acceptance, proposed solutions
  • Political stream: interest groups, public opinion, electoral politics etc.

(Oversimplification of reality)

State and Local Policy

Newtown and Gun Control

Dynamic, interactive system in which public "problems" can be identified and potentially countered by creating, amending, or repealing existing public policy

Richmond - Kotelchuck Model

  • Unicameral. Only one in nation.
  • Session from January through June
  • Senators paid 12,000 a year
  • Public hearings, committee meetings, full floor debate, vote.

Health is inextricably woven into the geography, warfare, politics, poverty, population, infrastructure, economy, and prejudices of a region

Scientific evidence: sound data regarding the problem

Social infrastructure: systems in place to support a solution

Political will: public support and resources available to achieve the solution

Richmond-Kotelchuck model, 1991

Most of health's failures are in the arena of political will

Case Studies

Prenatal Care

Human Trafficking in Nebraska

Agenda Setting

The Policy Cycle

an oversimplified model breaking down policy into the following steps:

  • arguably, most crucial step in the whole process
  • A list of problems that government officials are paying attention to
  • How will an issue reach the agenda?

The Result: A Policy

  • Road map for a course of action.
  • Typically enacted by the executive branches of the state
  • Can consist of regulatory measures, laws, funding priorities, etc

The Policy Cycle

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