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48: Health Politics and Health Policy
Tom Oliver, When the APSA conference returns to Proposals for papers, panels, and posters addressing all perspectives on health politics and policy are welcome. We have a strong interest in developing a program that reflects the diverse frameworks, methods, and applications of our new division members. In keeping with the overall conference theme, we also will be especially interested in proposals focused in the following areas: The first focus is the fate of the latest effort at comprehensive health care reform in the A second focus is cross-national analysis of the relationship between economic security and health security. Are health systems put under greater stress during hard economic times, and what are the responses of governments across the globe to that stress? What types of health systems are most resilient to economic stress? Does severe economic decline strengthen or weaken public support and commitments of political leaders for the traditional welfare state? A third focus is on global public health: How have national and international institutions grappled with the emergence of H1N1 flu as a potential pandemic? Has earlier international cooperation in AIDS, SARS, avian flu and other crises produced stronger capacity to address global and regional threats to public health? What roles do nongovernmental organizations play in public health preparedness and protection in relation to governmental agencies? |