Public policy

Decision making and public policy concepts are often misconstrued and used interchangeably, therefore it is important to understand that there is significant difference between the two concepts. Decision is an act performed by individuals, government institutions or organizations in attempt to respond to a problem that requires decision making urgency. Therefore, decision making is the action or process of making important decision after weighing the problem at hand. Furthermore, decision…

It has become increasingly apparent that our nation's poverty rate is determined in large part by how a nation's governing authorities distribute economic and other resources amongst the population, i.e. public policy. This essay will examine how poverty and public policy themselves are the primary determinants of our nations poverty rates. By increasing the lack of education and employment skills offered to our communities, is it enough to make a dent in the poverty rate? Those living in…

My public policy proposal focus on active play in school or physical activity for child health promotion and child development. Active play in school and physical activity help with the rising problem of obesity and the health problems associated with it among children. I have chosen to use the articles listed in this bibliography, because it explain how physical activity effect body weight and different ways to increase physical activity among children. Each articles have a different solution…

Massachusetts public education realm, it has been apparent that every state has their own foci, challenges, ideas for reform, and agendas. Current policy initiatives seem to be tailored for each state’s own struggles but with little oversight and success. Additionally, two federal policies and education initiatives that have influenced states across the nation have been the No Child Left Behind Act (enacted in 2002) and the more recent Race To The Top Fund (announced in 2009). Current policy…

There are many current public policy issues that are surrounding the U.S today. To name a few that I believe are most important; Abortion, Gun Control, Immigration, Counter Terrorism, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, and Privacy. I would like to discuss the Patriot Act because I feel that it is a topic of much debate and one that I am extremely, extremely familiar with. It also affects the last three public policy issues I mentioned and in a sense covers them. I…

Public Policy of Fast Foods Fat and/or Calorie Content Backgound. Fat and/or calorie content from fast foods has been a growing issue in the world. Due to “world events and experiences, it has been made evident by creating new relationships among medicine, public health, ethics, and human rights. Each domain has seeped into the other, making allies of public health and human rights, pressing the need for an ethics of public health, and revealing the rights-related responsibilities of physicians…

communicable diseases like polio and smallpox, while there is a major uptick in non-communicable diseases. The eradication of devastating and easily spread diseases should be applauded, but there is still tremendous work to be done in regards to the nation’s public health. Compared to more affluent individuals, poorer communities are living fewer years; often these communities have below-average educational attainment rates, low wages, and they have high prevalence rates for illnesses…

Public policymaking in United States has three important phases; policy formulation phase, policy implementation phase and policy modification phase. All three phases are affected by social and biological impacts. All phases are dynamic because policies can be amended or repelled at any time under the right circumstances. Policymaking depends on the constant feedback from each phase to enhance the process. Policy formulation phase proceeds to policy implementation phase with the legislation's…

The policy process model displays the stages of how policies are made and what occurs in each process. The model also aids in comprehending the policy actors in each process and in general the steps in policymaking. They are six steps in the policy process model, the first step is identifying a policy problem, the second step is policy formulation, the third step is legitimizing public policy, the fourth is policy implementation, the fifth is policy and program evaluation and the sixth is…

the Various stages of the Policy process model? The process of producing public policies can be divided into several stages which are Agenda sitting, Policy Formulation, Policy adoption, Policy implementation and Policy Evaluation. Agenda setting refers to the government acknowledges that a problem needs to be address for a governmental action. The problem has become to noticeable that it needs to be discuss and needs government engage in finding solutions. Policy formulation this stage…