CH & SOC 0186: Health Policy in A Global Era

Welcome to the research guide for CH/SOC 186 with Professor Taylor! Within the different tabs of this guide, you'll find resources to help you with your research and tips for improving your research skills. On the Search Strategies, Articles and Online Resources, Newspapers, and Data tabs, there are links to other Tufts research guides that have more resources that can help you with your research.

If you have any questions about any part of the research process, you can always reach out to Cece or Elizabeth, your subject librarians, via the boxes in the right column of this page.

A note from Professor Taylor:

Health problems exact an individual toll and they also represent a threat to the political and socio-economic order. Governments and societies respond in different ways and the task of this seminar is to uncover and explain these differences. How do states and regions mobilize to meet perceived threats to their citizens' health as they debate the appropriate limits to government intervention? The seminar also situates local and national decision-making in a global context, raising questions about the appropriate distribution of powers between international organizations and nation states in the governance of global health.

You will therefore explore several different types of literature: data and background on both the country and the health problem you have selected; public policy formation in different nations; and the politics of global health and governance

The video below from Sheridan Library at Sheridan College in Canada breaks down how to develop a research topic/question that will set you up for success in your searching.