Question

VIII: Policy/politics and Community health

Students will identify the effects and role of politics and national policies in the day-to-day running of the agency.

Discuss how public/government funding may or may not influence the community services provided by the agency.

Answer 1

Ans) Instead, it is shaped by a wide range of factors, such as income and education, social connectedness, employment, and access to quality health care. So,

The committee recommends that federal agencies provide increased funding to:

- develop competencies and curriculum in emerging areas of practice;
- fund degree-oriented public health fellowship programs;
- provide incentives for developing academic and practice partnerships;
- support increased participation of public health professionals in the education and training activities of schools and programs of public health; especially, but not solely, practitioners from local and state public health agencies; and
improve practice experiences for public health students through support for increased numbers and types of agencies and organizations that would serve as sites for practice rotations.