Description
Health Policy Brief Part I
This assignment is one of three papers that will be developed throughout the Policy, Advocacy, and Healthcare Ethics course. The purpose of this assignment is to draft a health policy brief for stakeholders and community members. In other words, you will identify a relevant health-related issue impacting populations and/or communities in the United States that has legislative and policy implications at the state and/or national level. The assignment is not about identifying a policy or procedure at your place of employment, but rather identifying a systematic healthcare concern that has legislative and policy implications at least at the state level. Sample issues may be identified in your state legislative website, board of nursing website, or national association website. Also, your textbook addresses systematic issues such as smoking during pregnancy, medical cannabis use, and patient safety outcomes, to name a few. Prior to beginning to work on this project, please view the 18:36 minute video developed by the Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center titled, The Art and Craft of Policy Briefs: Translating Science and Engaging Stakeholders, which will provide you with an understanding on the development of a policy brief.
Submission Parameters:
For the first part of this three-paper assignment, please use the following guidelines and criteria. Also, please refer to the rubric for point allocation and assignment expectations. The expected length of the paper is a minimum of 5 pages, which does not include the cover page and reference page(s).
I. Introduction (including purpose statement)
II. Identify and describe a specific and relevant healthcare issue
Please identify an issue that has state and/or national legislative implications
Describe the healthcare issue with the support of research studies, bills that have been introduced to the legislature, national association position statements, and reliable electronic health-related sources (i.e. Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Include information on the demographic impacted by the issue, adverse health/clinical outcomes, and prevalence.
Describe the potential global impact that your chosen issue may have.
III. Identify potential stakeholders and/or constituents who may support your health policy brief. For example, you may address the individuals, communities, and/or populations who may be impacted by the issue.
Discuss how the stakeholders cultural and religious beliefs may impact their support on your health policy.
IV. Identify at least one specific piece of legislation (bill) that is pending on your healthcare issue. Also, please identify if this piece of legislation is sponsored by the state or at the national level. Many times, bills are supported by national organizations such as the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. If your state legislature is not proposing a bill on your specific topic, you may identify a bill from another state for this paper. Make sure that you provide in-text citations and reference the document.
V. Draft a plan for your Health Policy Brief, which may capitalize from an existing health campaign and/or proposed bill. Include at least two objectives that you hope to achieve. The plan should seek to create a new policy or change an existing policy at the state and/or national level. The plan should be described in no more than 2 paragraphs.
VI. Conclusion
In addition to following APA format, please use the following as a guide:
Include a cover page (this is not part of the page limit)
Include transitions in your paper (i.e. headings or subheadings)
Use in-text references throughout the paper
Use double space, 12 point Times New Roman font
Apply appropriate spelling, grammar, and organization
Include a reference list (this is not part of the page limit)
Attempt to use primary sources only. That said, you may cite reliable electronic sources (i.e. NCSBN, AANP)
Assignment 1 Grading Rubric
Competency
10 Points
8.5 Points
7 Points
0 Points
Total
Introduction Must include a concise purpose statement
Includes a concise purpose statement that captures the audience’s attention.
Includes a purpose statement that is lengthy and lacks creativity
Provides a purpose statement without policy implications
No purpose statement provided
/10
Health Care Issue identification of the issue including and state and national data and implications
Identifies the health care issue and includes data with implications
Identifies the health care issue and data OR implications
Identifies only the health care issue but provides no data or implications
Does NOT identify the health care issue
/10
Health Care Issue information on the demographic impacted by the issue, adverse health/clinical outcomes, and prevalence identification. The population affected should be investigated to include race, gender, vulnerability, and diversity
Provides information on the health care issue that includes demographics, outcomes and prevalence.
Provides information on the health care issue that includes two of the following: demographics, outcomes or prevalence.
Provides information on the health care issue that includes one of the following: demographics, outcomes or prevalence.
Does not provide any information on the relationship between the healthcare issue and demographics, outcomes or prevalence
/10
Health Care Issue: Description of current research on the topic and available guidelines from professional organizations
Provides a synthesis of current research on the healthcare issue and at least one professional organization guideline
Provides research on the healthcare issue that lacks currency but provides a professional organization guideline
Provides either current research Or a Professional guideline.
Does not provide current research or professional guidelines.
/10
Health Care Issue: Global impact of the issue remember to include the World Health Data and Solutions
Describes the global impact of the issue remembering to include the World Health Data and Solutions
Describes the global impact of the issue but does not include World Health Data OR solutions
Describes the global impact but provides no supporting evidence
Does not describe the global impact of the health care issue
/10
Stakeholders: Describe the stakeholders who would be interested in this issue? Who would support your initiative? What are the barriers?
Identifies all stakeholders. Discusses potential supportive behaviors. Describes barriers.
Identifies two of the following: Stakeholders, support and or barriers
Identifies one of the following stakeholders, support or barriers
Does not discuss stakeholders, supporters, or barriers
/10
Legislation: Identify one current piece of legislation surrounding the issue. Start in your state and then move to the federal level. Search to see who (professional organizations) supports this issue.
Identifies one current piece of legislation surrounding the issue. Identifies supporting organizations
Identifies an outdated piece of legislation surrounding the issue. Identifies supporting organizations
Identifies only a supporting organization or a piece of legislation.
Does not identify legislation or supporting organizations.
/10
Health Policy Brief: Must be concise and contain two objectives. Succinctly describes your goal at the state, national or global level.
Health Policy Brief presented with two objectives and clearly stated goals
Health Policy Brief presented with either one objective and clearly stated goal
Health Policy Brief contains only objectives or goals but not both
Health Policy Brief not found
/10
Conclusion: Must succinctly summarize information presented in previous headers.
Succinctly summarizes information presented in previous competencies.
Lengthy conclusion that repeats previously explored discussion and introduces new information.
Brief conclusion lacking synthesis of paper elements
No conclusion provided
/10
APA: Adheres to APA guidelines, graduate level writing style, and is error free. Suggestion Use free Grammarly access
Adheres to APA guidelines, graduate level writing style, and is error free. Suggestion Use free Grammarly access
Two of three elements present APA guideline adherence, graduate level writing style, OR error free
One of three elements present -APA guideline adherence, -graduate level writing style, OR -error free
Paper lacks adherence to APA, does not represent graduate level writing and contains errors in spelling and grammar
/10
Total
/100
