HPPM 644* HEALTH POLICY, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH

This  course provides students with an understanding and appreciation of health policy analysis within the context of Health Policy and Systems  Research, its relevance to the field of public health and some frameworks, theories, knowledge paradigms, concepts and methods in designing and conducting health policy analysis.  It further focuses on methodological issues in conceptualizing, designing and conducting health policy research and analysis. The students are guided to appropriately ask health policy and systems research questions given the multidisciplinary perspective and methodology it embrace and applies.