Components of Population Health Studies Flashcards
What affects population health?
Social
Genetic
Behavioral
Policy
What goes into the schematic diagram of population health?
Policies and interventions and the individual and social levels
Patterns of health determinants over the life course
Health outcomes and distribution
Determinants of health
Genetic Environmental Biological Social Psychological Behavioral Medical
Independent variables in population health
Patterns of health departments
Dependent variables in population health
Health outcomes and distribution
Response of the health system to disease to maintain a person’s health or make a person healthy again
Health policy
Health policy of hospitals and other institutions
Clinical policy
Policies in communities when dealing with diseases
Public health policy
Courses of action that affect the set of institutions, organizations, services and funding arrangements of the health care system
Health policies
Components of the Policy Analysis Triangle
Context
Content
Actors
Process
Not policy makers but have undue influence on the policy makers
Policy elites
Individuals, groups or organizations that influence policy through social movements, networks, etc.
Actors
Focusing events that affect health policy that are often temporary or transient
Situational context
More permanent status that affects health policy
Structural context
Societal norms and structures that affect health policy
Cultural context
Global issues that affect health policy
International/ Exogenous context
Parts of the policy making process
Problem identification and issue recognition
Policy formulation
Policy implementation
Policy evaluation
Types of policy analysis
Analysis OF
Analysis FOR
Retrospective, analysis for monitoring and evaluation
Analysis OF policy
Prospective, scenario building and strategic
Analysis FOR policy
3 dimensions for universal coverage
Population
Services
Direct costs
Health care provided for the whole population, for all services, all costs covered
Universal health care
