Unit 5 - Health Policy Flashcards
policy
decisions made by those responsible for a different area
public policy
refers to government policy
health policy
public and private policies about health that effect public health and health care
economic lens
allocation of scarce resources for health
public health lens
influence of DOH to improve population health
health care lens
health services for individuals
the content of policy (what)
what particular policy is meant to do to achieve goals
the context of policy (who and how)
conditions for change, political landscape
the health policy triangle
context, process, content, (actors in middle)
actors
those that make or influence policy (individuals, groups, org.)
context
systemic factors that affect policy
cultural factors
gender imbalances, ethnic division
structural factors
unchanged elements of society, political system, demographics
situation factors
wars, outbreaks, etc
Exogenous factors
outside pressure
process of policy making
problem identification, policy formation, policy implementation, policy evaluation
what is the policy agenda
issues government are paying close attention to
why do some issues emerge as important
changes in context, changes in actors
who sets the agenda
goverments, media,
when did gov. get involved in health
after country of Canada was created
constitutional act of 1867
assumed federal responsibility for funding
provincial health care systems
provinces rely on federal gov. for funding but set up own system
(do have some criteria tho)
macro policy
state
- protect form drugs
- rules on what to provide
- restrictions due to covid
meso policy
organisational
- remote teaching ad learning in educational institutions
