Public Health Policy Making

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Students will become familiar with the following topics in public health: the structure and functions of the health care system including diversity in health systems; essentials of public policymaking with an emphasis on puzzling, powering, participation, institutional structure and communication; the objectives and instruments of public health policy¬making; impact of contextual factors on public health; impact of health care on public health; food politics; addressing public health crises and coping with uncertainty in public health; precautionary principle; EU regulation of public health; economic evaluation in public health.