Public Health, Policy Analysis, Risk Assessment, and Impact Assessment

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gabriel Guliš ◽  
Joanna Kobza ◽  
Jana Kollárová ◽  
Ingrida Zurlyte ◽  
Mariusz Geremek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Health Policy Analysis

scholarly journals Cultivating Health Policy Analysis and Communication Skills in Undergraduate Public Health Education: An Active Learning Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 237337992110032
Author(s):  
Denise D. Payán
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Public Health Programs ◽  
Health Policy Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

Public health programs are increasingly offering health policy content to meet workforce demand for public health professionals with health policy analysis and communication skills. Undergraduate public health education in health policy and related curriculum is lacking. Existing work describes service- and experiential learning approaches, which may not be feasible in large courses or public health programs with limited administrative or financial resources. This article describes health policy curriculum, learning objectives, and course activities (i.e., individual writing assignment, mock policy debate, and policy analysis exercise) that integrate an active learning approach and use simulation to develop policy analysis and communication skills in an undergraduate classroom setting. An active learning approach can increase teaching effectiveness, critical thinking, peer interaction, and student engagement to cultivate these applied skills. The described curriculum has been used in various modalities (in-person, hybrid, and remote) with positive reception in a public research university with a high percentage of first-generation college students. Student course evaluations and an independent assessment of the policy analysis exercise reflect high student interest, engagement, problem solving, satisfaction, perceived benefits, and application of policy analysis and communication skills, providing support for teaching health policy curriculum to undergraduate students using an active learning approach. The discussion includes strategies to address resistance by public health instructors and students to using active learning techniques.

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