The aim is to equip students with the ability to analyze the processes of health policy formation, their relationship with health systems and financing models, national and international health priorities, equity and access dimensions, and the impact of these policies on public health and nutrition and dietetics practices.

The concepts of health and disease; the public health approach; social determinants and political economy of health; the health policy cycle; international health organizations and sustainable development goals; health systems and stakeholders; organization, financing, and expenditure of health services; the history of health policies and health reforms in Turkey; health indicators and priority issues in the world and in Turkey; equity, access, and ethics in health services; the impacts of globalization, migration, climate crisis, and pandemics on health policies; policy examples and policy analysis related to the field of nutrition and dietetics.