Health Sciences 3400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health Policy, Apache Solr, Epistemic Community

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Sharon Regan

Document Summary

Actor- any participant in policy process that affects it (incl. individuals, organizations, groups, gov"t etc. ) Content- substance of a particular policy which details its constituent parts (specific objectives) Context- systemic factors- political, economic, social or cultural, both national and international- which may have an effect on health policy. Epistemic community- policy community marked by shared political values and a shared understanding of a problem and its causes. Health policy- courses of action/inaction that affect the set of institions, organizations and funding arrangements of the health care system. Ideas- the values, evidence, anecdote and argument that shape policy, including the way a policy prob or soln is presented. Interest- wht an actor or group stands to gain or lose from a policy change. Institutions- the rules of the game determining how gov"t and the wider state operate; can be formal structures and procedures but also informal norms of beh that may not be written down.