In this paper, we set out to explore three expressions commonly used in public health discourse: public policy, the social determinants of health and population health. Our goal in taking a keywords approach to these concepts is above all to clarify them. First, we...

This document introduces the “3-i” framework, a theoretical framework that helps explore how interests, ideas, and institutions interact to influence, and ultimately, form policy developments and choices. By bringing together three of the most common...

This briefing note belongs to a series on the various models used in political science to represent public policy development processes. In this document, we look at the “stages model”, a model from the political science literature that allows one to...

This briefing note presents a kind of logic model which can be a helpful tool for reflecting on the effectiveness of healthy public policies. This document outlines the process for constructing a logic model as proposed in the NCCHPP’s method for synthesizing...