Week 8

Question 1

Politics vs. Policy

Answer 1

Politics is groups of people with different ideas for best decisions.

Policy outlines a plan that directs what we can and cannot do

Question 2

What influences public policy?

Answer 2

• social norms & attitudes of the community
• political party belief and values
• media and social media
• activist groups
• interest groups
• media
• public opinion

Question 3

What is post structuralism?

Answer 3

Any social element exists only in patterned, structured relations linking them to other elements in a system.
To understand the social world, we examine these systems.

Question 4

Lewin’s & Lippitt’s change theory

Answer 4

Unfreezing
* Phase 1 = diagnose the problem
* Phase 2 = assess motivation & capacity for change

Changing
* Phase 3 = diagnosing the clients systems problem
* Phase 4 = establishing alternative routes
* Phase 5 = transforming intentions into actual efforts

Refreezing
* Phase 6 = stabilizing the change
* Phase 7 = terminating relationships

Question 5

Health vs. healthy policy

Answer 5

Health - directly addresses health
Healthy - make changes to living conditions that impact health