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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

John Steen, John Steen & Associates, Principal, 18254 Southwood Drive, Meadville, PA 16335, 814-333-3742, jwsteen@expedient.net

Following the three presenters, this presentation will wrap-up the policy issues they have introduced. Clear distinctions will be drawn between public health and the marketplace, and between mission-directed and profit-seeking healthcare delivery. Conflicts between these approaches will be seen as inherent in the separation of public health and personal health. The role of regulation in rationalizing the marketplace and helping to shape competition into addressing community values will be summarized. The goal of public policy will be seen as the validation of these approaches by the community through their active participation and support.

Learning Objectives:

• • Participants will gain an understanding of how planning and regulatory processes handle and attempt to resolve conflicting societal interests in achieving their goals.
• • The efficacy and limitations of the resources used in these three approaches to addressing the public interest will be outlined.
• • The interplay of community process and outcome as the challenge to planners will be better understood.
• • The goal of validating health planning and regulation will be seen as achievable through good public process.

Keywords: Public Policy,

Related Web page: www.ahpanet.org/ahpapolicies.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No