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NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare

Week 5 Assignment  

Health Policy Analysis Paper Topic

This week you will submit the topic for your Health Policy Analysis Paper.

Submit your topic selection here for instructor’s approval and feedback. Your instructor will help you make sure your topic is not too broad or too narrow for your final paper.

For detailed instructions, please refer to the Health Policy Analysis Paper Overview. Your topic submission is part of your Health Analysis Paper overall grade.

To Submit Your Assignment:

Select the Add Submissions button.

Drag or upload your file to the File Picker.

Select Save Changes.

Select Submit for Grade.

Health Policy Analysis Paper Overview

Policy analysis is a key method for making recommendations and influencing policymakers. The analysis provides informed advice and includes a recommendation for policy and an action plan for change. The arguments should be well constructed, persuasive, and evidence based.

Your paper should be in APA format and 5 to 7 pages long, not including the cover and reference pages. It must include evidence from at least 5 peer-reviewed articles within the last 5 years.

Include the following in your paper:

Problem Statement: Describe the problem, and state why it is important. You may set up the problem in the form of a question to include the criteria for solving the problem.

Example: How can we increase uptake of the flu vaccine among the elderly population?

Policy Background: Describe the problem in context including policy efforts to date.

Policy Landscape: Who are the key stakeholders? Describe the research and the evidence. Consider social, political, economic, and practical factors.

Policy Options: Discuss the various options to consider. What are the pros and cons? What organizations may be aligned with one option or another? Discuss the trade-offs,

risks, and benefits.

Policy Recommendation: Articulate a best policy. Support the recommendation with facts, and describe why it is the best policy in view of any trade-offs.

The final assignment is due in week 11; however, you need to submit your topic for instructor approval earlier in the seminar.

NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare

Week 6 Assignment  

FACT Sheet

This week, you will submit your completed Fact sheet assignment.

Remember the Fact Sheet Examples that you read about last week.

Fact sheets usually fall into one of two categories:

General information dissemination 

Information for advocacy 

The primary audiences for fact sheets relating to health policy issues include congressional staffers, policy makers, reporters, and the public. The main function of a fact sheet is to break down complicated information into accessible and easily understandable parts. To facilitate comprehension and ease of reading, individual sections of the fact sheet are frequently captioned. 

Directions

For this assignment, you will find an active or proposed piece of state or federal legislation affecting some aspect of health care. You will then become an active participant and?advocate for or against the legislation and develop an advocacy tool (sometimes referred to as a fact sheet). This means you must understand the intent and implication of the bill to effectively communicate your position to legislators and other stakeholders. This document is only one page (typically front and back) that explains an association’s position on the legislation. As you prepare this assignment, consider the following information:

This MUST be original work. You will likely find one-pager on the legislation you discover. Do not copy and paste ideas or structure.

The FACT sheet should be two pages of content, front and back.

Make your FACT sheet easy to read and eye catching–make it interesting and inviting to look at!

When writing your fact sheet, consider these questions:

What is the background for the proposed policy change? What problem is the bill trying to solve?

How does the legislation address the problem?

What is the legislative history? Who is supporting or opposing the legislation, and why?

How does the legislation improve access, quality, or lower costs?

What are relevant data and evidence? Include tables or graphs, if appropriate.

What is your call to action? What action do you want from readers? For example, do you want them to call their representatives? If the FACT sheet targets a legislator, do you want readers to support a bill? 

To Submit Your Assignment:

Select the Add Submissions button.

Drag or upload your file to the File Picker.

Select Save Changes.

Select Submit for Grade.

To help, consider these links:

To find active federal legislation, see :

Congress.gov website

Govtrack.us  website

To find examples of FACT sheets:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing – FACT sheet examples

RNAction Center

Estimated Impact of Sequestration on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)’s Title VII Health Professions and Title VIII Nursing Education Programs

Federal Issue Briefs

NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare

Week 11 Assignment  

Health Policy Analysis Paper

This week you will submit your completed Health Policy paper. For detailed instructions, please refer to Health Policy Analysis Paper Overview.

To Submit Your Assignment:

Select the Add Submissions button.

Drag or upload your file to the File Picker.

Select Save Changes.

Select Submit for Grade.

Policy analysis is a key method for making recommendations and influencing policymakers. The analysis provides informed advice and includes a recommendation for policy and an action plan for change. The arguments should be well constructed, persuasive, and evidence based.

Your paper should be in APA format and 5 to 7 pages long, not including the cover and reference pages. It must include evidence from at least 5 peer-reviewed articles within the last 5 years.

Include the following in your paper:

Problem Statement: Describe the problem, and state why it is important. You may set up the problem in the form of a question to include the criteria for solving the problem.

Example: How can we increase uptake of the flu vaccine among the elderly population?

Policy Background: Describe the problem in context including policy efforts to date.

Policy Landscape: Who are the key stakeholders? Describe the research and the evidence. Consider social, political, economic, and practical factors.

Policy Options: Discuss the various options to consider. What are the pros and cons? What organizations may be aligned with one option or another? Discuss the trade-offs,

risks, and benefits.

Policy Recommendation: Articulate a best policy. Support the recommendation with facts, and describe why it is the best policy in view of any trade-offs.

The final assignment is due in week 11; however, you need to submit your topic for instructor approval earlier in the seminar.