Following the Leaders: Issue Attention and Agenda Dynamics in Women’s Health Care Policy

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Brief Overview

Our study constructs a unique data set that tracks attention to women's health care over the latter half of the 20th century, allowing us to study how entrepreneurship and positive feedback alter health policy dynamics.

Authors

• Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University

• Kara Anne Fisher, University of Charleston