Health Sciences 3400A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 194 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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H e a l t h s c i e n c e s 3 4 0 0 a / b. Lecture 1 introduction to the policy process. Outline: housekeeping, poll, important concepts, why study health policy, stakeholders, contextual factors, stages of the policy process, the policy brief. Plan of action, course or method of action that has been deliberately chosen. A set of interrelated decisions, concerning a selection of goals and means of achieving them. Public policy: policy that has been made by the state or the government. Also have multinational, international, federal, provincial and municipal policies - range. Health policy: course of action or inaction that affect the healthcare system or the health of the population. Non-health policy do impact health of the population. Tobacco reductions strategies, environment regulations, food labeling: equity. The quality of being fair or impartial.
