PH 113 Health Policy

The course begins with an investigation into how health policy is shaped by legislation, regulations and the courts. After understanding the process, each student chooses a policy topic they care about and begins to build a persuasive advocacy strategy for making the change they want to see happen. The course then delves deeply into theories of change and effective communication and negotiation with stakeholders. Each course assignment is a piece of the final project, which is a written policy advocacy strategy that includes: an analysis of a policy issue, a summary of relevant research, a stakeholder analysis, an advocacy campaign plan, a metrics-based evaluation plan, and prepared written and oral communication points that target different audiences.

1.0 Dartmouth units; (HP, P, LP, NC)

*Core Requirement for Residential MPH (either PH 113 or 123 is a core requirement)

Prerequisites: PH 110, PH 128, PH 139, PH 154

Offered: Spring - Wednesdays 8:15 am - 9:55 am

Instructor

Craig Westling, Jared Rhoads