Lecture 4 Flashcards
Before a policy decision is made what should we do
Inform a decision maker/stakeholder
Promote the adopotion
Compare public polices
What should we do to analyze an existing policy
Evaluate a good policy should have evaluation built into it
Should the policy program be prolonged or identify weaknesses so they can be corrected
What could evaluation focus on
Many components/aspects
What is effects/implementation
An analytical framework that presents a range of possible evaluation questions
What are the effects
Effectiveness
Unintended effects
Equity
What is the implementation
Cost
Feasibility
Acceptability
If they do a good job what is the policy considered as
Durable which is to see how long a policy can last
What is the difference between distal and immediate effects
Long term and immediate effects deconstruct chain of events to identify realtionship
What are factors that go into cost
actual relative hidden opportunity incurred by policy makers or other agencies
What goes into feasibility
Congruency resource availability pilot progams other contextual conditions
What is acceptability
Do stakeholders think it will work as intended how does it compare to altenratives coercion changing interpretations
What was the response to monkey pox
Risk stratfication