Nursing 4440A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Health Policy, Policy Analysis, Incrementalism
16 Dec 2016
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Creating policy: seeking solutions to societal workplace, and organizational challenges. The first step is to get the problem on the agenda of those who have the power to implement a solution. Public awareness and concern are often necessary for political action to get the policy process moving. Policy: is authoritative decision making related to choices about goals and priorities of the policymaking body. Generally, policies are constructed as a set of regulations (public policy), practice standards (workplace), governance mandates (organizations), ethical behavior (research), and ordinances (communities) that direct individuals, groups, organizations, and systems toward behavior and goals. Health policy: the decisions (laws, rules, judicial decision) made within government structures (executive, legislative, judicial branches) that direct or influence the actions, behaviors, and decisions pertaining to health and its determinants. Policy analysis: the process leading to a study of the background, purpose, content, and effects of various options within a policy and their relevant social, economic, and political factors.
