Achieving Public Health Impact Through Policy (APHITP) Analysis, Engagement and Dissemination

Provide services and develop products that are focused on using scientific and program expertise to advance policy change that promotes health. One of the most effective and affordable ways to protect public health is to advance policies that make it easier for people to live healthy lives and make healthy choices. CDC′s science helps promote policies that produce measurable improvements in public health outcomes and demonstrate cost effectiveness. The three policy domains for this contract will be: 1) Policy and Economic Analyses. The purpose of this domain is to conduct rigorous analyses of various policy options using state-of-the-science methods in order to identify the most promising policy options. 2) Stakeholder Engagement, Assessment and Analysis. The purpose of this domain is for the contractor to foster input, participation, and planning from persons who have an investment in addressing a particular health issue from a policy perspective. 3) Policy dissemination through communication, capacity building, training and technical assistance. The purpose of this domain is to utilize state-of-the-art communications and capacity building, training, and technical assistance methods to disseminate the following to a variety of audiences.