Governmental Responsibility for Public Health: The Road Traveled and What Lies Ahead in Public Health System in China
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 201
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
Comparative, Public Health Systems, China, United States
Abstract
In 2008, the Chinese government launched reforms that would consolidate public heath responsibilities in a single decentralized multifunctional department. At the same time, the mission of public health was broadened. This new understanding is very similar to the definition used by Institute of Medicine (IOM): “fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy” and as “organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.” Since these broad definitions encompass the interventions of a wide variety of public and private-sector entities in the United States, an understanding of these complex yet integrated arrangements can inform China’s reform efforts. This project is an initial mapping of arrangements in the United States that pays special attention to the institutional arrangements that effectively deal with current reform problems in China and draws some lessons from the American model.
Recommended Citation
Pu, Zhenghao, "Governmental Responsibility for Public Health: The Road Traveled and What Lies Ahead in Public Health System in China" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 26.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/oralpresentations/26
Department/Program
Political Science
Additional Mentoring Department
Political Science
Governmental Responsibility for Public Health: The Road Traveled and What Lies Ahead in Public Health System in China
SURC 201
In 2008, the Chinese government launched reforms that would consolidate public heath responsibilities in a single decentralized multifunctional department. At the same time, the mission of public health was broadened. This new understanding is very similar to the definition used by Institute of Medicine (IOM): “fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy” and as “organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.” Since these broad definitions encompass the interventions of a wide variety of public and private-sector entities in the United States, an understanding of these complex yet integrated arrangements can inform China’s reform efforts. This project is an initial mapping of arrangements in the United States that pays special attention to the institutional arrangements that effectively deal with current reform problems in China and draws some lessons from the American model.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Rex Wirth