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Between Science and Action: How Health Policies Are Really Made
Scientific warnings are clear, yet why do public health policies often stall before reaching implementation? Issues like antimicrobial resistance and the health risks of live poultry markets are widely recognized—so why do coordinatednational actions remain elusive? The bottleneck may not lie in a lack of evidence, but in the complex journey a problem takes to become policy.
In this episode of MediHealth Podcast, we sit down with Prof. Van den Dool, an environmental policy scholar at Duke Kunshan University. Drawing on China’spublic health governance, she unpacks the real-world mechanics of the “policy cycle” and the “Multiple Streams Framework.” How does a health issue navigate cultural norms, bureaucratic silos, and political windows to finally reach thenational agenda? Is policymaking a rational blueprint, or a series of negotiations shaped by crises, stakeholders, and timing?
If you’recurious about the gap between scientific consensus and policy action, or want to understand the real challenges of implementing a “One Health” approach, thisepisode offers a grounded, behind-the-scenes look at how health policies are truly made.
29 Apr 2026
Between Science and Action: How Health Policies Are Really Made (part 3)
Scientific warnings are clear, yet why do public health policies often stall before reaching implementation? Issues like antimicrobial resistance and the health risks of live poultry markets are widely recognized—so why do coordinatednational actions remain elusive? The bottleneck may not lie in a lack of evidence, but in the complex journey a problem takes to become policy.
In this episode of MediHealth Podcast, we sit down with Prof. Van den Dool, an environmental policy scholar at Duke Kunshan University. Drawing on China’spublic health governance, she unpacks the real-world mechanics of the “policy cycle” and the “Multiple Streams Framework.” How does a health issue navigatecultural norms, bureaucratic silos, and political windows to finally reach the national agenda? Is policymaking a rational blueprint, or a series of negotiations shaped by crises, stakeholders, and timing?
If you’re curious about the gap between scientific consensus and policy action, or want to understand the real challenges of implementing a “One Health” approach, thisepisode offers a grounded, behind-the-scenes look at how health policies are truly made.
29 Apr 2026
Between Science and Action: How Health Policies Are Really Made (part 2)
Scientific warnings are clear, yet why do public health policies often stall before reaching implementation? Issues like antimicrobial resistance and the health risks of live poultry markets are widely recognized—so why do coordinatednational actions remain elusive? The bottleneck may not lie in a lack of evidence, but in the complex journey a problem takes to become policy.
In this episode of MediHealth Podcast, we sit down with Prof. Van den Dool, anenvironmental policy scholar at Duke Kunshan University. Drawing on China’spublic health governance, she unpacks the real-world mechanics of the “policy cycle” and the “Multiple Streams Framework.” How does a health issue navigatecultural norms, bureaucratic silos, and political windows to finally reach the national agenda? Is policymaking a rational blueprint, or a series of negotiations shaped by crises, stakeholders, and timing?
If you’re curious about the gap between scientific consensus and policy action, or want to understand the real challenges of implementing a “One Health” approach, this episode offers a grounded, behind-the-scenes look at how health policies aretruly made.
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