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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PBH 585 Health Policy, Law and Bioethics

The general focus of the course is to introduce community public health students to the role of public policy and law in promoting population health. The course provides an overview of health policymaking in the United States and addresses various aspects of problem identification, policy formulation and implementation, as well as policy analysis. It explores the roles of key actors in the policy process and those impacted by health policymaking. The course explores various ethical dimensions of public health policy and practice, with a particular emphasis on issues related to human rights and the tension between individual rights and population health. Finally, the course explores a series of contemporary health policy issues and challenges.