Health Problems
answer the following:1.What factors translate health problems into political issues? What are the roles of competing interests in making things political?2.What does The Lie Factory article tell us about how political messaging can affect our ability to make big changes in healthcare and public health?3.As you understand it, how do politics and public opinion interact with the real needs and problems that public health policy aims to address. Over the past few weeks, some of you have asked about why we still have health disparities or why successful programs are not used more widely. What light does this week shed on our ability to address some of our most pressing health concerns? Feel free to include your own personal beliefs and opinions in your discussions of the readings. What do you think might be a solution to these major hurdles?
