The Region for this paper should surround The CIty of Atlanta or the State of Georgia in general. Thank you.
THIS WEEK’S project is to write the section of your final capstone paper that gives examples of POLICIES related to the public health problem in your population.
These can be local policies, organizational policies, state policies, or federal policies.
For example, policies to fight childhood obesity could include:
A local school district banning soda machines in the schools
A USDA (federal) policy improving the quality of school lunches
A city passing a fast-food zoning ordinance to improve the built environment
A state law creating more parks and playgrounds in low SES areas
A national ban on child-directed junk food advertising
A soda tax at the local or state level
Create a 2-4 page report discussing at least three (3) policies that address your health issue. For each, be sure you are addressing:
Goal of the policy
Description of the policy
Where, when, and how was it implemented?
Source of funding
Impact
Political context—Was it a struggle to get the law passed? It is widely supported?
Use at least five(5) reputable sources (the text, South University library resources, government websites, peer-reviewed research articles) that you cite in the text and at the end in APA format.
Lecture: Public Health Policy Review:
Public health policy impacts your daily life, both personally and professionally. A smoking ban or mandatory immunization for children are examples of public health policy that affects each of us. Healthcare professionals in both medical and public health environments will be responsible for enforcing the laws and policies that have been passed to protect and preserve the public’s health. Knowing how public health policies are influenced by various factors will help you understand the complexity of competing forces that impact the passage of these policies.
Good policy analysis is an art as well as a science. From the scientific angle, facts and supporting data must be used to establish the background of the problem, the concerns of the stakeholders, and the bases for possible options. The art is how a recommendation can be fashioned from these facts into solutions that can be implemented in the reality of a politically charged world. Furthermore, there is an art to communicating the results of an analysis to effectively inform the client and the primary stakeholders as well as the media and general public, if necessary. The most rational course of action remains nothing more than an idea unless it gets the attention of those in a position to do something about it, whether it is a small group of decision makers or all the likely voters in the nation.
There are five components of policy analysis: the problem statement, the background section, the landscape section, the options section, and finally, the recommendation section. By the end of the policy analysis, all stakeholders and options should be clearly defined. The policy analysis should be concise and present the data in a straightforward and unbiased way. Charts and graphs are frequently used when comparing options to make it easy for readers to understand the data presented.
