HSA 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Advocacy Group
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Agenda setting: agenda setting: deciding what to make decisions about in the formulation phase, agenda setting + development of legislation = formulation. Exhibit 5. 1: kingdon: three streams of activity (problems, possible solutions, political circumstances) flow together to create a policy window. Exhibit 5. 2 agenda setting as the confluence of problems, possible solutions, and political circumstances. Problems: health determinants and social/physical environmental variables bring up problems, problems driving policy formulation are urgent, problems are discovered when trends in health variables: Possible solutions: potential solutions must accompany problems in order to develop policy, alternative solutions must be evaluated. Too (cid:373)a(cid:374)y alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e solutio(cid:374)s (cid:272)a(cid:374) slo(cid:449) the pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)"s ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Role of research and analysis: health services research: scientific inquiry into the ways health services are delivered, goals of health services research. Identify the most effective ways to organize, manage, finance, and deliver care/services. Reduce medical errors and improve patient safety: roles of health services research.
