Public Health Skills to Improve Quality of Life

objective

Understand the process of developing and changing policies in Indian Country, examples of policies that can target improvements in community health.

Activity

Evaluating Issues for Policy Advocacy and Change:

· Define what advocacy is and how it relates to policy change

· Discuss prioritization methods: Prioritization matrix, strategy grids (needs/feasibility, cost/impact, importance/urgency), the “dotmocracy method”