Public Health Policy – Issues, Theories, and Advocacy Bhattacharya Paperback

Public Health Policy\n\nIssues, Theories, and Advocacy\n\nDhrubajyoti Bhattacharya (Author)\n\n9781118164358, Wiley\n\nPaperback / softback, published 29 November 2013\n\n512 pages\n23.5 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.803 kg\n\nPublic Health Policy: Issues, Theories, and Advocacy offers students an engaging and innovative introduction to public health policy: its purpose, how it is originated, and how it is implemented. The book describes the underlying theories and frameworks as well as practical analytical tools needed for effective advocacy and communication. Drawing on the multidisciplinary nature of public health, the book uses concepts and examples from epidemiology, law, economics, political science, and ethics to examine the policymaking process, explain positions pro or con, and develop materials for various audiences to further a public health policy intervention. In addition, Public Health Policy shows how policymaking is a complex and integrated top-down and bottoms-up process that e]