This week we had a guest speaker, Asher, who came to speak to us about agenda setting. Asher is a great speaker and really knows how to engage the audience. It was very obvious that he really knew the material and was really engaged in it. I have had him as a guest speaker last semester for Global Health so I knew when I saw him that he would be engaging. As for the topic which he spoke about, it was really interesting but as Monica stated, it was very complex and as she mentioned, we probably should have had more background information or lecture on health policy so that we would really be able to understand everything he was lecturing on. I know that there is a class on health policy, but not everyone has the opportunity to be exposed to the class, so if we would have had a lecture on health policy (at least on the key points) it would allow us to be better informed. Health policy is something that I believe our school does not really focus a lot on and is one of the most important aspects in public health if we REALLY want to see changes in different health issues. I think that GSPH should consider making Health Policy one of the emphases within the school, as other school do.

On another note, I believe our group has been doing a great job on our presentation. We went from having to start over again to being able to jump from that and work together to complete project 2. We have really moved forward with the project which has been really great. Like Chelsea stated, I'm curious to see what all our interviewees thought of the ads that were created. I wonder if they all had the same thoughts of if they all thought differently. We'll see!!