### policy:

Public policy
* Most public policy supports healthy behavior.
* Public policies affect Indian country and they are forwarded by elected officials
  - almost every aspect of our lives
  - the well-being of older adults
  - are the outputs of government
  - can mitigate or exacerbate outcomes of the marketplace
  - continue to limit access to political offices
  - related to aging affect the well being of older and younger generations
* Some public policy affects economic growth
  - governs children
* Some public policy promotes economic growth
* affects many people
  - the distribution of income most obviously through tax and transfer policies
* broad concept embodying the community common sense and common conscience.
* can provide and enhance opportunity and access for people.
* changes with the times, as the economy, society, and morality changes.
* consists of statements or principles underlying government action.
* continues to promote family formation.
* has a big impact on entrepreneurship
  - an enormous impact on smoking cessation
  - roles
* includes legislation, fiscal measures, taxation and organizational change.
* involves conflict which makes finding resolutions difficult.
* is concerned with a spectrum of decision-making
  - derived from constitutional and statutory enactments and judicial decisions
  - developed through a process of debate and compromise
  - driven by public opinion
  - examined as a process extending from policy formulation through implementation
  - found in statutes, and in other places
  - generality
  - most important in determining the nature and level of immigration
  - one of the tools used by public health to create a healthy environment
  - supportive of excellence in health and health services
* is the end product of legislative activity
  - result of the political process
  - to assure that children have frequent and continuing access to both parents
  - what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes
* prohibits discrimination against homosexuals.
* public response to perceived public problems.
* reflects reality.
* reinforces the idea when it categorizes people by color or ethnicity.
* requires making decisions despite often high levels of uncertainty.
* seeks to keep addicts healthy, productive citizens.
* shifts the cost from government to private industry to pay for health care.
* supports behavior
* tends to work best when it is driven by a plurality of interests.

### policy:

Social policy
* Social policies are about justice and solidarity
  - the guiding principles that serve as the foundation for social programs
  - vital for greater and more widely shared prosperity
  - target investments in people and seek to enhance the opportunities available to all
* comes from the legislature and constitution, customs and mores.
* focuses on issues around social justice and humanizing systems.
* is about a society's strategies for change
  - citizens choosing the kind of society they want to live in
  - the study of who gets what in society
  - central to the concerns of people, and to boosting economic performance
  - concerned with the distribution of resources between different groups in society
  - interested in the relationship between people and their environment and nature
  - the role of government
* lies somewhere between legislation and education.
* ought to be determined by what produces the greatest good for the greatest number.
* productive factor and a peacekeeping factor.