Table 5 The analysis of actors of population policies based on their power and influence
From: Contentious population policy-making and its consequences: a health policy analysis
Influence | Very Low | Low | Moderate | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Power | ||||
Very Low | -Ministry of Cooperation, Labor & Social Welfare -Ministry of Interior -Pension funds -Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution | -Midwives & midwifery students -Reproductive health experts -Department of pediatrics Health, Ministry of Health -Population experts -Social groups such as student associations & guilds, NGOs | -Offices related to the United Nations such as World bank, UNFPA & the World Health Organization -Feminist activists -Activists & analysts in the field of women -Academics & researchers -Statistical Center of Iran | -Governance media -Sunni clerics -Policy lobbyists & think tanks of policymakers - Public figures |
Low | -Operational & management bases for rejuvenating the population in institutions and offices | -Ministry of Health research deputy -Vice Presidential Women's Affairs -Heads of city health centers | -Activists of Islamic medicine -Health service centers -Quasi-governmental institutions such as Barkat Ventures | -Shia clerics and taqlid authorities -Quasi-governmental institutions -Specialist physicians |
Moderate | -Budget & Planning Organization | -Expediency Council | -Department of Family and Population Health and Family Planning of the Ministry of Health -Executive directors of health networks | -Pressure groups |
High | - | - | -Members of Parliament | - |