Fundamentals Flashcards

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Define policy

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A set of decisions and non decisions taken by those responsible for a particular policy area

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Define public policy

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The course of action or inaction taken by the government with regard to a particular issue

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Define health policy

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Concerns health and strategies to improve health services

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Contents of Public Policy

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Issue: the concern of the government
Objective: aims and goals of the policy
Strategies: How to achieve the goals
Programmes: a particular activity that is going to be implemented
Finance: cost incurred of achieving the objectives

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Types of public policies

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DISTRIBUTIVE POLICY: Allocation of services to particular groups of the segment e.g Tax…fiscal policy

REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICY: Involves efforts by the government to shift allocation of wealth …income and property e.g the haves and have nots …civil rights policy… immigration policy

REGULATORY POLICY: The regulation and control of activities or behaviors e.g consumer protection policy

CONSTITUENT POLICY: Issues are those concerned with the setting up of re organisation of institutions.

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Why do we need a health policy?

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To archive health goals and objectives
To organize and distribute health resources
To manage existing health systems

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Steps in policy development

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  1. Agenda setting
    2.Policy formulation
    3.Policy implementation
    4.Policy adoption
  2. Policy evaluation
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Factors that lead to policy acceptance

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Agenda setting
Involving of mid-level technocrats and other bureaucrats responsible for policy implementation
Availability of resources
Setting of realistic goals
Political climwte

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Stakeholders

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People affected by the policy

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Actors

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They are involved in the policy process

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