1 / 11

Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Global Perspective on Politics and Public Health Policy. THE UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE. Policy can be defined as a “definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions

keola
Download Presentation

Chapter 4

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 4 Global Perspective on Politics and Public Health Policy

  2. THE UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE • Policy can be defined as a “definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions • The United States Constitution • Policy Makers are the Legislative (Congress), Executive, Judicial branches • Checks and balance system • Interest Groups, Citizen Groups, Lobbyists, Media

  3. Interest Groups Interest Groups can influence policy • Present unified position to policy makers • Engage in political activity in elections • Litigation: Develop statements how the decision will affect their members • Shaping Public Opinion • Draft legislative proposals

  4. How Laws are Made • Handout • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tyeJ55o3El0 • www.loc.gov How our laws are made • www.firstgov.gov

  5. Global Health Policy Oversight • Committee on Energy • Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions • Senate Special Committee on Aging • Government Accountability Office • Congressional Budget Office

  6. THE BOLIVIAN PERSPECTIVE • Community Involvement Act • Four Main Actors in the healthcare system: • The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOH) • The State Governor’s Office of Health (SEDES) • The Municipal Government (DILOS) • Civil Society, meaning the private sector • Creation of a Constitutional Assembly in July 2006 to rewrite the Bolivian Constitution

  7. THE BOLIVIAN PERSPECTIVE Cultural and Indigenous Influences on Health Policy • High levels of inequality and exclusion • 60% of those excluded can be attributed to external or administrative barriers • 40% are caused by personal or cultural reasons Bolivian Health and Social Security 12 month plan Pg 120

  8. A MULTILATERAL PERSPECTIVE • Infectious disease outbreaks in the developing world • Why is this a concern for the US? • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) • Avian influenza (pandemic flu) • Noncommunicable chronic disease

  9. WHO • World Health Organization: Objectives and Governance Structures (created 1948 within United Nations) • Handout • Where are they located? • Actively involved in data gathering • Research • Global Health Policy development and applications (FCTC) • World Health Assembly (WHA): Main decision and policy making body • Collaboration with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO’s) pg 125

  10. Politicization of Global Health • “Public Good” • How is this at odds with the US philosophically? • Health for All in the Twenty-first Century – Declaration of Ala Ata – 1978 called health a “…fundamental human right” • 2000 UN Millennium Declaration pg 128

  11. Health in the Marshall Islands • Collateral Damage • 5 task force groups • Discussion • Handouts

More Related