Your task is to write a health policy case study. You must choose ONE of Walt and Gilson’s (1994 in Buse et al, 2005, page 11-13) context factors (situational, structural, cultural or international/exogenous factors) and complete a country case study of its impact on a health policy issue.
Your essay should include the following:
Introduction with signposting (200)
Identify your geographical location with relevant demographic detail (200)
Describe social and political context of country, including important historical events. (300)
Identify your health issue and present relevant epidemiological data and statistics (300)
Identify and describe a related health policy e.g. reduce infant mortality, reduce obesity prevalence, breast cancer screening (300)
Identify the specific factor (situational, structural, cultural or international/exogenous factors) and discuss how it enables or limits/influences the policy or the policy implementation, applying theory as taught in the module (1000)
