Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture 14: Lecture 14

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Melanie McPhail

Document Summary

Health policy lecture 14: public involvement in health policy. What are the problems/benefits associated with involving the public. Understand and be able to articulate why policy-makers have gravitated towards involving the public in health policy decision-making. Be able to describe and critique the different ways in which the public can be involved. Be able to list and describe some of the benefits/problems associated with involving the public - both in terms of process and outcome. Patient involvement: involving individual patients in making decisions about their own health care: with health policy system. Example: patients lobbying for ohip to cover certain types of treatment. Public involvement: involving members of the public in strategic decisions about health services: outside of their role as a patient. Citizen engagement: involves citizens, not just the public as represented by associations, health professionals, lobbyists, and interest groups, in policy formulation, priority setting and program delivery.