1. What best practices and benchmarks can we learn from other countries that have universal health insurance, and what lessons have we learned?
2. Media plays a large part in our society. Today we see news stories about human interest stories, the terrors of war and the injustices among mankind. How do you think media influences health care policy? Can you provide an example?
3. Should the media have that much influence over health care policy? Does 'mob mentality' of getting a group of people invested in and excited about an issue end up creating policy? What are your thoughts?
4. Fun article on how media influences health care policy.
5. In the case of a proposed state law that would create mandatory seat belt use, what stakeholders might be involved in gathering the research? What are your thoughts?
6. Discuss the differences and trade-offs between the sampling methods commonly
7. used in HPR. Identify the difference between the reliability and validity of measurements.
8. What methods are commonly used in health policy research?What are the conditions for causal relationship? What are the essential elements for experimental research? Describe different types of experimental research and situations where they are most appropriately used?