A SWOC Analysis of Health Politics in Globalized World: A Scoping Review Topics Social Justice, Advocacy, and Health Equity

The politics of health is not just constrained to a particular area of society, such as state or government, but rather is a dynamic, ongoing social process that takes place ubiquitously throughout our levels of society(strength). The key part of health politics is working together to create public awareness about important health issues. This is done through discussion and consensus building. The modern democracy oriented scientific way of health governing is more rational and effective than the traditional ways(opportunity). Public health practitioners who provide policy feedback and seek legislative reform will often find that the governing structures and practices in place are not responsive to the needs of the present(weakness). The growth of global corporations and their political power in health services provisions, health products and in national politics generally is a double edged sword to public health (challenge). Conclusions Health politics requires the involvement of all human populations through a democratic process. It is important that the political process to improve the health of public be based on sound scientific evidence. Moving forward, political interference in medical decisions may become more common, but it may also be necessary in order to improve patient care. A nation’s policies toward health care access tend to be broadly inclusive, even when other forms of inequality are tolerated, because health is a responsibility of federal state. Nations around the world should converge a model of governance for health products and health services that gives significant power to professionally and governmentally sanctioned scientists and health care workers who can serve natural justice and do equitable distribution of health system resources.

The politics of health is not just constrained to a particular area of society, such as state or government, but rather is a dynamic, ongoing social process that takes place ubiquitously throughout our levels of society(strength). The key part of health politics is working together to create public awareness about important health issues. This is done through discussion and consensus building. The modern democracy oriented scientific way of health governing is more rational and effective than the traditional ways(opportunity). Public health practitioners who provide policy feedback and seek legislative reform will often find that the governing structures and practices in place are not responsive to the needs of the present(weakness). The growth of global corporations and their political power in health services provisions, health products and in national politics generally is a double edged sword to public health (challenge). Conclusions Health politics requires the involvement of all human populations through a democratic process. It is important that the political process to improve the health of public be based on sound scientific evidence. Moving forward, political interference in medical decisions may become more common, but it may also be necessary in order to improve patient care. A nation’s policies toward health care access tend to be broadly inclusive, even when other forms of inequality are tolerated, because health is a responsibility of federal state. Nations around the world should converge a model of governance for health products and health services that gives significant power to professionally and governmentally sanctioned scientists and health care workers who can serve natural justice and do equitable distribution of health system resources.