HLTC43H3 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Notes.docx
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Various groups and interests play a role in public policy change process. Advocacy organizations play a role in public policy change by drawing attention to and informing the public of issues and offering policy solution: differ in resources they possess, do not have equal political clout. Specific groups" ability to influence policy development depends on the area in which they are engage: ability to influence policy depends on how informed and consistent with the political ideology of the government the ideas are. In the health policy field, these forces include health professionals, citizen activists organized into social movements etc. Corporate interests such as pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry etc. Advocacy groups work for policy goals that benefit economic interests: e. g. pharmaceutical company lobbying for gov"t to make a vaccine available = profit. Sometimes lobby for change with a lack of evidence.
