PUBHLTH 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Health Policy, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
1 Oct 2016
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The art of structuring and writing a health policy analysis. Provides a step-by-step guide to writing a policy analysis. Provides a definition of policy analysis: an analysis that provides informed advice to a client that related to a public policy decision, includes a recommended course of action/inaction, and is frames by the client"s powers and values. Tone is neutral and nonjudgmental throughout the analysis. Problem statement defines the problem being addressed in the analysis. Background informs the reader why a problem has been chosen for analysis. Provides much of the facts and information necessary to understand the problem being addressed. May have to tailor some background information based on the knowledge base of the client: much of the information provided in the background is necessary regardless of client. Landscape provides the overall context of the analysis by identifying key stakeholders and the issues that must be considered when analyzing the problem.
