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Heiman, H. J., Smith, L. L., McKool, M., Mitchell, D. N., & Roth Bayer, C. (2015). Health Policy Training: A Review of the Literature. International journal of environmental research and public health, 13(1), ijerph13010020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010020
Heiman, Harry J, et al. "Health Policy Training: A Review of the Literature." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 13,1 (2015): ijerph13010020. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010020
Heiman HJ, Smith LL, McKool M, Mitchell DN, Roth Bayer C. Health Policy Training: A Review of the Literature. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Dec 23;13(1):ijerph13010020. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13010020. PMID: 26703657; PMCID: PMC4730411.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Dec 23;13(1):ijerph13010020. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13010020.

Health Policy Training: A Review of the Literature.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Harry J Heiman, L Lerissa Smith, Marissa McKool, Denise N Mitchell, Carey Roth Bayer

Affiliations

  1. Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. [email protected].
  2. Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. [email protected].
  3. Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, GA 30322, USA. [email protected].
  4. Health Policy Research and Innovation Program, American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas 19 Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA. [email protected].
  5. Departments of Community Health and Preventive Medicine/Medical Education, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 26703657 PMCID: PMC4730411 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010020

Abstract

The context within which health care and public health systems operate is framed by health policies. There is growing consensus about the need for increased health policy leadership and a health professional workforce prepared to assume these leadership roles. At the same time, there is strong evidence supporting the need for a broader policy lens and the need to intentionally target health disparities. We reviewed the published literature between 1983 and 2013 regarding health policy training. From 5124 articles identified, 33 met inclusion criteria. Articles varied across common themes including target audience, goal(s), health policy definition, and core curricular content. The majority of articles were directed to medical or nursing audiences. Most articles framed health policy as health care policy and only a small number adopted a broader health in all policies definition. Few articles specifically addressed vulnerable populations or health disparities. The need for more rigorous research and evaluation to inform health policy training is compelling. Providing health professionals with the knowledge and skills to engage and take leadership roles in health policy will require training programs to move beyond their limited health care-oriented health policy framework to adopt a broader health and health equity in all policies approach.

Keywords: curriculum; education; health disparities; health equity; health in all policies; health policy; health policy training; health professionals; public health; training

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