Civic Innovation in America: Community Empowerment, Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Randy Stoecker ◽  
Carmen Sirianni ◽  
Lewis Friedland
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Civic Renewal

Building communities: Civic renewal and public policy

New Economy ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Nash
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civic Renewal

scholarly journals Economic sustainability of water supply public policy in Brazil semiarid regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e65963435
Author(s):  
Davi Madureira Victral ◽  
Luiza Barros Grossi ◽  
Alisson Martins Ramos ◽  
Hebert Medeiros Gontijo
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Semiarid Regions

Droughts affect semiarid regions worldwide, threatening economic activities and lives of people living in these places. In Brazil, 11% of the population inhabits the semiarid, and despite several mitigation measures taken by the State, it is still ranked as the most vulnerable Brazilian region and potentially the most affected by climate change. Throughout Brazilian history several public policies focused on water supply in the semiarid region have failed for different reasons. Two recurring arguments are the lack of financial resources and poor management. This work presents an analysis of a public policy that aims to provide quality and perennial water by desalting local brackish groundwater, the Programa Água Doce (PAD). We used the ecodevelopment theory to discuss the economic sustainability of the policy. The methodology used was a documental analysis, and a literature review to understand PAD’s main strengths and weaknesses. We found that the continuous flow of public and private investment was a decisive element to the implementation of the technology during the initial transference of responsibilities moment. In addition, by the gradual reduction of public investment, the management of the systems became local and funded by private resources from the beneficiaries. The PAD presents, in its dynamics, advances in the field of the dissemination of water treatment technologies and social technologies, especially in relation to the Management Agreements. However, the lack of processes for community empowerment and no strengthening of cooperativism resulted in disconnected systems that were not able to ensure economic sustainability.

scholarly journals Development and testing of a framework for analysing health literacy in public policy documents

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Trezona ◽  
Sarity Dodson ◽  
Paulina Mech ◽  
Richard H. Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Strategic Objectives

Health literacy is a driver of community empowerment and a key determinant of health and equity. The World Health Organisation has established a strong global mandate for addressing health literacy through public policy action, by positioning it as one of three key pillars for achieving sustainable development and health equity in the Shanghai Declaration on Health Promotion. Policy document analysis is a useful way of determining the strengths and limitations of past and current policies, as well as the likely success of their implementation and impact on health outcomes. In this study, we developed a framework for analysing policy documents to assess the extent to which they prioritise and operationalise an emergent public health issue, in this case health literacy. Specifically, the framework enables a systematic exploration of (i) the stated policy goals and strategic objectives; (ii) the stated policy actions; and (iii) whether there is an intention to resource and monitor the stated policy activities. We tested the utility of the framework by applying it to a set of public policies in the Australian context. The framework presented in this study may be a useful tool for systematically analysing policy documents to reveal their strengths and limitations, and the extent to which they prioritise and operationalise health literacy.

Public Policy Agenda Adapts to Needs

ASHA Leader ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 23-23
Author(s):  
George Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda
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