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Winter
2005, 4
credit course
MPA
Health
Care
Policy
Wednesday
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Sem II, E1105
Faculty |
|
Phone |
Office |
Office Hours |
Joan Bantz |
867-5095 |
Lab 1, 3011 |
Wednesdays 4-6 pm |
Course Description:
The
purpose of this course is to enhance students' abilities to evaluate
the
effectiveness, efficiency and equity of health policies and programs
and
various pathways for participatory citizen reform/action. Within
an
active learning community we will examine how special interest groups
capture
and frame health care rhetoric and reform efforts. We will examine the
complex,
multi-faceted "(non)system" of health care by exploring historical
roots, current policy making and implementation (incrementalism), and
political
and stakeholders’ perspectives. We will craft multiple perspectives
through an
exploration of the personal voices of health; multicultural health
access;
quality barriers; and important alternative/complementary care’s models
of
mind/body/spirit health integration.
Major
health care
policy participation and development are identified within the
political and
institutional contextual framework to provide students an understanding
of the
tensions between health and health care. As a key component of the
environment
in which the health care administrator must function, the political
processes
and health policy roles of the legislative, executive and judicial
branches of
government will be examined.
Those
seeking to advance health care reform will acquire broader perspicacity
by
exploring agencies, policies, organization, leadership challenges,
administration, consumerism and development of public and community
health
programs. This course seeks to provide practical mechanisms to
intervene on
behalf of citizens, programs or institutions.
Course Objectives:
Overall, we will
seek to integrate theory and practice. Specifically, Students will
better
understand the challenges in our current health care crisis. This
course will
enhance students' abilities to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency,
and
equity of health policies and programs. Health
and health policy impact our access to
health services, the quality of care we receive, what we pay, our
wellness and
even how long we survive. Few issues have the personal, social,
and
economic significance of health policy, and few have so consistently
demanded
public action. Specifically we will seek to take action for
positive
change, e.g., become adept at gauging the political feasibility of
proposals,
as well as how policy is made and how we might alter or change it.
Upon
successful completion of the course the student will:
TEXTS
Barry,
Anne-Marie and Chris Yuill |
Understanding
Health: A Sciological Introduction |
0-76-197307-9Sage
Publications, 2003 |
Mayes, Rick |
Universal
Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance |
0472114573UMP, 2004 |
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Minkler,
Meredith |
Community
Organizing and Community Building for Health |
0-81-352436-9Rutgers University Press, 1999 |
Performance/Expectation
Measurements:
A. Written
Work
30
percent
B. Policy Briefing
10
percent
C. Final Group
Presentation,
Abstract and
Bibliography
30 percent
D. Class
Participation
30
percent
Description
of Performance Measures and
Expectations:
Student comprehension of the course material will be demonstrated by class and Seminar participation, written assignments and shared intellectual journals. A team project presentation with detailed abstract and bibliography will be required from selected current community efforts or national health policy areas.
A successful learning community requires that students attend classes regularly, arrive prepared to critically discuss readings and complete timely all assignments. Please contact faculty in advance if you must be absent from class by e-mail or phone. More than one (1) absence may result in loss of credit. Work submitted late will be read only under extraordinary circumstances
A.
Reflective Written Assignments
Various dates
The assignments will
consist of
several different types of writing: