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Introduces MPH students to the policy process and some of the main policy issues confronting public health today. Presents an analytical model of the policy process called the eightfold path, which divides the policy process into the steps that a policy analyst can use to either better understand the policy process and or to become a more effective advocate for policy change. Presents a number of policy issues confronting public health policy makers today (e.g. gun policy, obesity, injuries, chronic conditions, access to care). Introduces strategies for conducting a literature synthesis of a policy issue.