Population and Health Policy Considerations

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions

Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the population health approach. In this contribution, drawing on the work of John W. Kingdon and related scholarship, we set out to examine how key componen...

Economic considerations that influence health policy and research.

Cardiovascular conditions account for more medical costs than any other diagnostic category in the United States. Increasingly, economic constraints will shape policy related to health care and research. Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular condition, and despite low unit health care costs, the aggregate costs are considerable. However, the unit and aggregate costs of the complication...

The jefferson school of health policy and population health.

On July 28, 2008, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population Health (JSHPPH) as a stand-alone entity within Thomas Jefferson University. This new school will enroll its first students by September 2009. It was the direct outgrowth of a multiyear strategic planning process that identified health policy and population health as immedia...

Health and Wellness Policy Ethics

This perspective is an ethical brief overview and examination of “wellness” policies in the modern workplace using practical examples and a general application of utilitarianism. Many employers are implementing policies that provide incentives to employees who lead a “healthy” lifestyle. The authors address how these policies could adversely affect “non-healthy” employees. There are a wide vari...