PUBLIC HEALTH,Public Health
The benchmark assesses the following competencies:
1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.
Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.
Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.
Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:
- Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
- Create a problem statement.
- Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
- Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.
Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.Â
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Public Health
Your leadership philosophy and style will be reflected to those you work with.
Use the bullets below to develop your leadership philosophy:
- Identify three examples of personal success (e.g., at work, in your community, at home). Is there a pattern or theme to your successes?
- Develop a list of five core values that you believe in. Which value is most important to you?
- How do you want to make a difference? How do you contribute to your employer, your family, and/or the world?
- What are your short- and long-term goals? Prioritize them.
- Write your mission, vision, and values statement (can be placed either in the body of the paper or in the Appendix section).
- In your conclusion paragraph, describe the process of writing this mission statement. Did you learn anything new about yourself? How can you use this mission statement in the future?
Your assignment can either be written in Word (2–3 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages) or you can use PowerPoint or any other presentation software. Use current APA formatting to style your paper/presentation and to cite your sources. Integrate your sources into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.