Dissertation Title："The Politics of Healthcare Quality"
Improving the quality of care provided by the U.S. healthcare system is an important societal goal. Policymakers who wish to operationalize this goal must navigate an increasingly polarized health...
Dissertation Title: "Chronic Illness and Public Health: Evaluating Influential Intersections Between Politics and Policy"
The first paper investigates the political bias of the U.S. news media in its coverage of two recent health controversies: the 2009...
Dissertation Title："The Fourth Branch of Government: The Role of Interest Groups, the Media, and Political Advertisements in Contemporary Health Policy Debates"
The dissertation examines the role of interest groups, the media, and political advertisements...
Dissertation Title："Responses to the Use of Public Health Authority"
The potential uses of public health authority are broad. They range from smaller powers, such as prohibiting smoking in the workplace, to greater powers, such as large scale quarantine or...
Dissertation Title："Understanding Latino Health Policy and Barriers to Care"
Little is known about how cultural changes influence the Latino experience in healthcare. Issues such as generational status, nativity, English proficiency and age of arrival at...
Dissertation Title："Polarized Politics, Public Opinion, and Health Reform"
This dissertation addresses two major health policy issues that have been debated in recent years – expanding insurance coverage to uninsured individuals and providing prescription...
Dissertation Title: "The Politics of Medicare Policy"
This thesis includes three studies that further illuminate various aspects of a key political determinant of Medicare policy: public opinion.
For the first study, I use data provided by the Kaiser...
Dissertation Title: "Religion, Parties, and Policymaking: Health Policy Debates in the United States and Brazil"
This dissertation examines the role of religion, political parties, and strategic alliances in three contemporary health policy debates in the...
Dissertation Title: "Political Determinants of Health Policy: The Roles of Public Opinion and Private Interests"
The political environment is a key factor in efforts to sustain and reform public programs serving low-income and elderly populations. These...
Dissertation Title: "Consumer's Values on Health Care Services"
This thesis includes three studies on consumers' values on health care services. The first study compares Americans' attitudes on medical technology with those of people in thirteen other...