Health Policy Methods

Topics

• • Build critical policy analysis skills to identify and evaluate the methods used for developing policy alternatives and understand the impact of existing public health policies. • Critique the role of research and evidence in public health policy formation and evaluation. • Describe our country’s institutional players (i.e., legislative, administrative, judicial), their roles in policy making and how to influence policy outcomes. • Apply learned policy analysis skills to proposed and existing public health policies. • Leverage critical analysis tools of language and framing to develop and advocate health policies in verbal and written communication deliverables.
• • Deepen understanding of the dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence. • Examine current public health issues and their impacts on public health and health equity. • Learn about the health policy context and the institutions, stakeholders, advocacy groups and processes that shape policy outcomes. • Recognize the disparate impacts of policies on communities with intersectional identities. • Conduct policy analysis: evaluate and analyze policy solutions that are culturally competent. Communicate evidence and recommendations succinctly and persuasively. • Conduct policy advocacy: understand the gaps in community needs and articulate these needs in the policy setting. Develop innovative strategies for influencing health policy for diverse groups.

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes