Welcome to the Health
Policy Analysis and Process
Track of the MPH Program
in Health Services
Policy is a core function of public health. High quality, evidence-based policy development and effective advocacy are central to improvements in the public's health. Public health professionals trained in health policy are essential to the creation of such policy and advocacy. The importance of a health policy track is best articulated by the Institute of Medicine:
Simply put, using the crude formula that "science + politics = policy," dwelling on the science without appropriate attention to both politics and policy will not be sufficient for Schools to be significant players in the future of public health and health care. (IOM, 2003; pg 4)
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Resource Center for Health Policy at the UW (RCHPOL)
MPH Degree
Good policy requires the integration of analytical and political skills. It is this integration on which the curriculum of the Health Policy Analysis and Process Track is based.
