| Course ID: | HPAM 7400. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Policy Analysis in Public Health |
Course
Description: | In-depth look at major health politics and policy issues confronted by a broad spectrum of public and private sectors. Provides students with an understanding of the theoretical and practical basis for developing policies to improve health in a variety of health care settings. |
| Oasis Title: | Policy Analysis Public Health |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 7400E |
| Prerequisite: | HPAM 7010 or HPAM 7010E |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will be able to:
1. Summarize the historical context for health policy analysis
in the United States;
2. Discuss contemporary issues in health policy at the state,
national, and international levels of public health policy
making;
3. Understand and discuss multiple theoretical frameworks for
developing public health policies;
4. Apply a rational 9-step approach for prospectively
conducting a policy analysis;
5. Develop and present legislative impact analyses and policy
memos for influencing the decision-making process in public
health. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Historical context for health policy in the United States
and internationally
II. Theoretical frameworks for developing health policy
III. The process of policy analysis
a. Assess
b. Formulate
c. Implement
d. Evaluate (covered in Comparative Global Health Care
Systems)
IV. Presenting policy analyses to influence decision making
in public health
a. Policy memos
b. Legislative impact analyses |