SMA Policy Committee: about the process
The SMA Policy Committee is an initiative sponsored by the SMA Board aimed at addressing issues having national and international health importance. A participatory process enables SMA members to critically access and dialogue with each other about focal issues following their reading of a set of background materials. Each year the SMA Board will select issues for deliberation. During the year, a committee will be formed to raise member’s awareness about these issues through the provision of background readings and illustrative case studies. A comment board enables members to express opinions and exchange ideas. At the end of the year, an invited session will be organized at the AAA (or SMA meetings) and a policy paper will be written by members of the task force explaining the role(s) that anthropologists can play in addressing the focal issues.
The current issue is
the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.