Policy Change and Public Health: Obstacles to Advocating for Public Health Interventions
2020
This case from the Western Public Health Casebook 2020 focuses on advocating for a public health intervention—a more accurate, but more expensive tuberculosis test that has potential for cost savings in the long-term. The case follows Robin Scherbatsky, a public health nurse at Lambton Public Health in Sarnia, Ontario, who is worried that potential funding cuts to preventive health interventions will affect advocacy to cover this new test. The case examines how Robin has formed working relationships with local stakeholders such as health facilities, physicians, general practitioners, and nurses through advocating to them about how to test and treat LTBI and tuberculosis. It outlines foundational knowledge of relevant political models and theories—such as Kingdon’s three streams model and the policy triangle model—by applying them to Robin’s example.
This case contains guidance for instructors, including learning objectives and discussion questions. It is part of a 16-case collection written by students in the MPH class of the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health at Western University, Canada. The cases may be freely copied and used for educational purposes by an accredited educational institution.
Policy Change and Public Health: Obstacles to Advocating for Public Health Interventions
Source:
Alhalbouni S et al. Policy Change and Public Health: Obstacles to Advocating for Public Health Interventions. Western Public Health Casebook 2020. Public Health Casebook Publishing 2020. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/westernpublichealthcases/vol2020/iss1/6.