HSMP 575 / 675 – Advanced Health Policy
Biography
This course enables students to deepen their understanding of local, regional, national and international health policies and policy issues with specific reference to the underlying dynamics of the policy process. Understanding the process and nature of policy choices will be emphasized – who, what, how and why of explicit and implicit decisions and choices that lead to the ultimate policy. Students will develop an understanding of how health policy can be successfully developed and sustainably implemented.
Prerequisite
HSMP 571 – Health Policy
Slash Listed Courses
Doctoral students register in the HSMP 675 section.
¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty
Experienced Faculty With Diverse Backgrounds
More than 150 faculty members work within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. They have a wide range of expertise, from monitoring and assessing health risks and opportunities in populations, to helping build health-supporting social environments through policy, advocacy, and programs. They are educators, advisors, researchers, practitioners and community leaders. They come from backgrounds in quantitative, behavioral, environmental and social sciences, policy and government, exercise and health sciences and anthropology, among many other areas. They all work in collaboration with each other and with community partners, and are especially focused on the training and education of future leaders and practitioners in the public health fields.
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