carey and friel suggest that we turn to knowledge developed in the field of public administration, especially new public governance, to better understand the process of implementing health in all policies (hiap). in this commentary, i claim that theories from the policy studies bring a broader view of the policy process, complementary to that of new public governance. drawing on the policy stud...

Carey and Friel suggest that we turn to knowledge developed in the field of public administration, especially new public governance, to better understand the process of implementing health in all policies (HiAP). In this commentary, I claim that theories from the policy studies bring a broader view of the policy process, complementary to that of new public governance. Drawing on the policy stud...

health policy has been termed a ‘chameleon concept’, referring to its ability to take on different forms of disciplinarity as well as different roles and functions. this paper extends paton’s analysis by exploring the paradox of health policy as a field of academic inquiry—sitting across many of the boundaries of social science but also marginalised by them. it situates contemporary approaches ...

background in 2004, the health system in iran initiated an organizational reform aiming to increase the autonomy of teaching hospitals and make them more decentralized. the policy led to the formation of a board of trustees in each hospital and significant modifications in hospitals’ financing. since the reform aimed to improve its predecessor policy (implementation of hospital autonomy began i...

this article discuss about public policy implementation for cultural space in iran. we want to design a model for implementing cultural policy. and will explain the factors of the model and the relations between them. then we will compare the proposed model with the other famous models on the word. the proposed model created with the qualitative methodology which is grounded theory (gt). with p...

policy implementation is among the most   important stages in the policy cycle (lester et al., 2000:5). policy-makers know well that this stage is so essential that can affect all aspects of politics in local, national and international levels. despite this fact, policies implemented do not have often the desired results. this article tries to analyze this phenomenon in the islamic states using...

background: assessment of policies and determining their challenges are necessary to improve and reform health systems. family physician and rural insurance policies have been the second important phase of changes in health services provided in iranian villages and towns with populations under 20,000. this study aimed to identify the challenges of implementing these policies in kerman province,...

many of the societal level factors that affect health – the ‘social determinants of health (sdh)’ – exist outside the health sector, across diverse portfolios of government, and other major institutions including non-governmental organisations (ngos) and the private sector. this has created growing interest in how to create and implement public policies which will drive better and fairer health...

INTRODUCTION The Government of Gujarat has for the past couple of decades continuously initiated several interventions to improve access to care for pregnant and delivering women within the state. Data from the last District Family Heath survey in Gujarat in 2007-2008 show that 56.4% of women had institutional deliveries and 71.5% had at least one antenatal check-up, indicating that challenges ...

Many of the societal level factors that affect health - the 'social determinants of health (SDH)' - exist outside the health sector, across diverse portfolios of government, and other major institutions including non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the private sector. This has created growing interest in how to create and implement public policies which will drive better and fairer health...