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Impediments to the implementation of environmental policy
1Center for Health Policy Research and Development, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190.
Journal of Public Health Policy
|January 1, 1994
Summary
Government efforts to prevent environmental disease and ecological risk face significant implementation challenges. Policy impact is often limited by delays, disagreements, and insufficient resources, requiring realistic public expectations.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Health Policy
- Ecological Risk Management
- Public Health Law
Background:
- Over the last 20 years, Congress has passed legislation aimed at preventing environmentally-provoked diseases and reducing ecological risks.
- The implementation of these environmental health and ecological policies has encountered substantial obstacles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the challenges in translating environmental health and ecological policies into effective action.
- To inform federal government branches about implementation limitations to set realistic public expectations.
Main Methods:
- Policy analysis of enacted legislation for environmental health and ecological risk.
- Review of implementation phase challenges including delays, interagency disagreements, and resource allocation.
Main Results:
- Policy implementation is frequently hampered by delays, interagency conflicts, and inadequate funding.
- These issues limit the achievable impact of environmental health and ecological policies.
Conclusions:
- Federal agencies must acknowledge inherent limitations in policy implementation to manage public expectations effectively.
- Future policy efforts should focus on realistic goal-setting and addressing systemic implementation barriers for environmental health and ecological protection.