Governmental establishment of any policy includes several stages: building, formulating, adoption of the law system, implementation, evaluation, and termination. Policy implementation is a variety of actions made to put a federal legislative decision into effect by the local authorities and organizations (Gholipour, 2016). It often leads to changes in broader laws or governmental systems because it considers the interests of particular social groups or institutions. The policymaking process’ crucial part is interconnectivity: a statement that the government, agencies, institutions, and policymakers are adding a regulation beneficial for the public. Interconnectivity must be considered at the implementation stage as it can improve deliberation between administrative policymakers and institutions who will execute it in action (Ansell et al., 2017). The United States’ policies include regulations in such spheres as economy, politics, health, environment, and education.
Health policies are a sound example of the importance of interconnectivity in applying new legislative decisions. World Health Organisation (2020) states that “health policy refers to decisions, plans, and actions undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society.” The health policymaking process is directed to implement programs to improve the quality of citizens. The procedures it goes through are data collection, criteria formation, legal confirmation, and decision-making.
Different approaches can be utilized while applying a new health policy. The convenient strategy is to use a learning analysis that leads the government for better guidelines and frameworks to support (Broos et al., 2020). Interconnectivity in health policies combined with learning analysis is effective in decision-making for local institutions. For example, if divided by states, the sports-related health policies regulate better, as they are based on evidence from particular states, and the health conditions of citizens (Adams et al., 2017). The United States government regulates many parts of the healthcare system, such as medicine, pharmaceutical, sports, food, and water control institutions. The policymaking and implementation procedures should be as pragmatic and straightforward as possible to provide the public with policies that improve their quality of life (Obama, 2016). Interconnectivity can be performed as a dialogue between health representatives and government via the healthcare organizations’ events and activities.
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