Learning Objectives

• Explore the concept and variety of health policies
• Describe, with examples, how health policies can influence health and healthcare delivery
• Identify major actors and stakeholders in the health policy area
• Identify and describe some factors that can inhibit best practice in policy making processes
• Outline policy-making processes according to popular models

Policy & Health

• how can health policies influence health and the delivery of health care? examples?
• who are some major stakeholders in health policies?
• what factors inhibit best practices in policy-making?

Policymaking

• types of policies according to Lowi's typology?
• policy-making models?
• what are 5 policy instruments?