Comparative Health Issue and Policy Analysis: A Scholarly Paper
This is an opportunity to increase your understanding of an international health issue and how nurse educators can influence improvement of the issue. You will compare an international health issue in the USA and another country.
1. Choose an issue from an international health area.
2. Briefly introduce your topic (3-4 sentences)
3. Include relevant assessment data to the health issue comparison:
Your analysis will address data from both countries in a side-by-side comparison table that you create including:
-Population demographics
-Relevant epidemiologic data
-Key social determinants of health/ socio-cultural data economic-political data
environmental data
-Significant health system data of both countries (national versus private health insurance, availability of care, etc.)
4. Compare and contrast this assessment data in number 3 above and identify:
Similarities and differences
Available resources within the country
**You will be required to create the table above and a narrative summary that details the top disparities between the comparative countries you chose.
5. Compare and contrast 2 Social or Health Policies in each country and discuss the impacts of the health issue disparity (i.e. pick two policies and discuss the similarities/differences between two countries).
[Identify each actual policy, ie: National Licensure Compact for RN’s (licensure process differences by country/ Ohio Senate Bill 3), Access to Care, Affordability, or specific bills/legislation such as Ohio H.C.R> No. 15 – Designate Black Maternal Health Week, or HB No. 60 Authorize medical marijuana for autism spectrum disorder) You can find such bills for any US state by searching the state house of representatives or state senate legislation
Briefly identify and discuss the variety of interests and ideologies that led to the current policy in each country
Review current sociological, economic, governmental, environmental and healthcare forces that influence support or non-support of the policy in each country
Evaluate the adequacy in meeting the goals of the policy in each country (essentially evaluate its effectiveness using data and literature)]
Discuss the adequacy of the policy and the need for policy revision in each country
Discuss how it affects the health issue you have chosen.
6. Conclusions
Discuss what impact Master’s prepared nurse professionals can have on the issue (2-3 paragraphs)
Discuss any resolutions or final thoughts on this issue.
