2e5052aa-71a3-4a5e-acdc-8f8f4b18c902_20260401125945 20260401125945 Thoth distribution@thoth.pub Thoth Hans Maarse Maastricht University https://ror.org/02jz4aj89 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-3943 An Introduction This Open Textbook is intended for students, teachers, and educators interested in prevention and promoting public health or, briefly, health policymaking. The central idea is that health policymaking extends beyond applying empirical knowledge, encompassing political factors such as ideology, commercial interests, and power dynamics. Its main goal is to equip the reader with the skills to analyze health policymaking as a political process. 1 09 18 2023 978-94-037-0228-5 Maastricht University Press Maastricht Maastricht Universityhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100001835 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.26481/mup.2303 https://library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/resources/maastricht-university-press/catalog/health-policy-analysis/ https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712 https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712 https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712 https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712 https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712 https://documents.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open/bdfd6f54-eb9c-475d-a723-85e21eb0e712