213182 Domain 4 - Advocacy to Influence Policy Administrators

Saturday, November 7, 2009: 1:00 PM

James Emery, MPH , Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
Once a policy is enacted, a government bureaucracy implements it (e.g., programs, regulations, rules, and budgets). Advocates need to monitor and influence the process to ensure the policy is implemented as intended.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how bureaucracy affects policy implementation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Research Associate in the Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. I am currently the lead developer for a competency-based curriculum to help public health professionals learn to indluence policy and environments.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.