Evaluating the Health Impact of Large-Scale Public Policy Changes

  Describe an existing local, state, or federal public health related policy that influences or relates to the work of your practicum site. Assume you have been tasked with evaluating this policy. What is the benefit and utility of a policy evaluation? Describe the evaluation questions you would need to ask, or the information you would need to gather, in order to determine the public health and economic impacts of the policy and the barriers to and facilitators of enactment.