After completing the course, the student will have more tools to understand and study health policy.

The course focuses on national and international policies affecting population health as well as theoretical-methodological approaches in doing health policy research.

Contents:

-          Healthcare politics and policy, such as options for financing and delivery, health system governance, organizational reforms, and institutional continuity. 

-          Policies and actions outside the healthcare sector crucial for population health, such as trade policy, intersectoral action, and Health in all Policies.

Different theoretical-methodological approaches for health policy research, such as using mixed methods and configurational approach.

Lecturers: Juha Mikkonen, Minna van Gerven-Haanpää, Meri Koivusalo, Ilmo Keskimäki, Minna Harjula, Katri Sieberg, Piia Jallinoja, Lauri Kokkinen

THEME 1: HEALTH CARE POLITICS AND POLICY

9.15- 9.55 HEALTHCARE – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – MINNA HARJULA

9.55-10.35 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE – FROM HIERARCHY TO MARKETS – KATRI SIEBERG

10.35-11.15 HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS – FRAMEWORKS AND PERFORMANCE – ILMO KESKIMÄKI

THEME 2: HEALTH IN ALL – ALL IN HEALTH

12.00-12.40 INTERSECTORAL ACTION FOR HEALTH  IN THE WHO EUROPEAN REGION – JUHA MIKKONEN

12.40-13.20 HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES IN A NEOLIBERAL CLIMATE: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO POLITICAL OBSTACLES – CHARLOTTE GODZIEWSKI

13.20-14.00 TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND HEALTH POLICY – MINNA VAN GERVEN

THEME 3: BEYOND QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE

14.30-15.10 TEXT ANALYSIS, INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES – ANALYZING POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS PIIA JALLINOJA

15.10-15.50 CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH IN STUDYING CAUSAL CONDITIONS FOR HEALTH – LAURI KOKKINEN