Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Problem Identification in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In
This is an all levels course offering CPH and CHES — Free
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CEU

CPH
CHES

Cost

Free

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Time to Start

< 3 minutes

Length

2.00 hours

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This training describes how to implement the first stage of the CDC policy process – Problem Identification. Using a scenario focused on the opioid problem in fictitious Tycho County, the course discusses the practical steps that a health department, working in collaboration with key stakeholders, can take to describe and understand this complex problem. The course also explores how the application of systems thinking tools and approaches to make boundary decisions and visualize the problem using behavior over time graphs and rich pictures, can strengthen this stage of the policy making process.

This learning opportunity topic is aligned with one or more of the strategic skills.  

This learning opportunity addresses training topics identified in PHWINS 2017. 

What You'll Learn

  1. Explain Stage One of the policy making process i.e. Problem Identification
  2. Describe how Systems Thinking tools and approaches can help visualize a problem
  3. Describe how Systems Thinking tools and approaches can help define the boundaries of a problem

Competency Terms

Community Partnership Development
Strategic Planning
Public Health Science Skills
Systems Thinking

Related Occupations

Community Health Worker
Public Health Manager/Program Manager

Related Job Tasks

Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population

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