Health Policy & Systems

Catalog description

Students explore health policy as it shapes the lives and health of people and populations locally, nationally, and globally. Students use policy analysis frameworks and evidence-based resources to learn the many dimensions of public health and health policy. Attention is paid to policy at multiple levels, from local policies to national to global policies impacting health outcomes. Students examine the creation, implementation, and impact of health policy through a “health in all policies” lens. Students address the challenge of meeting the needs of target populations with often different, and conflicting, viewpoints. prereq: 2561