
Course Objective
- Describe the steps and strategies needed to enact and implement a policy, program or service
- Identify the kinds of individuals and organizations who can contribute to the enactment and implementation of policies, programs, and services
- Explain the importance of monitoring the implementation of policies, programs, and services
- Understand how applying habits of systems thinking can improve the enactment and implementation processes
Date: June 30th, 2022
Subject Matter Experts:
Sylvia Pirani, MPH, MS
Public Health Practice Consultant
&
Helen de Pinho, MBBCh, FCCH (Public Health), MBA,
Assistant Professor at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health,
Associate Director of the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program (AMDD) at Columbia University
The Strategic Skills Training Series developed by the Region 2 PHTC aims to help prepare public health leaders and the public health workforce to develop the practices and competencies associated with being a Chief Health Strategist. Using a scenario focused on the opioid problem in the fictitious ‘Tycho County’, this course will describe how the ‘Policy Enactment and Policy Implementation’ stages of the CDC policy process can be implemented by a health department using systems thinking tools and approaches.
Learners will be able to:
- Describe the steps and strategies needed to enact and implement a policy, program or service
- Identify the kinds of individuals and organizations who can contribute to the enactment and implementation of policies, programs, and services
- Explain the importance of monitoring the implementation of policies, programs, and services
- Understand how applying habits of systems thinking can improve the enactment and implementation processes