Policy, Politics, and Global Health Trends

A.  Prepare your reflection essay (suggested length of no more than of 3 pages) of the values and ethics of a public policy issue by doing the following: 1.  Analyze a health or nursing profession public policy issue that impacts a group of people and requires a policy change. **provide a plausible analysis, with substantial detail, of a health or nursing profession public policy issue that impacts a group of people and requires a policy change. a.  Discuss why you selected this public policy issue. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of why the public policy issue was selected. Note: If you select a local policy, be sure your discussion reflects how the policy will affect more than a single unit, department, or organization.
  b.  Discuss the relevance of the public policy issue to the health or the nursing profession, using two pieces of academically appropriate literature from the last five years. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial support, of the relevance of this public policy issue to health or the nursing profession, using 2 pieces of academically appropriate literature from the last five years. c.  Describe the financial impact of the public policy on an organization or on a community. **provide an accurate description, with substantial detail, of the financial impact of the public policy on an organization or on a community. 2.  Analyze how your values impact your position on the public policy issue. **provide a plausible analysis, with substantial detail, of how the candidate’s values impact the candidate’s position on the public policy issue. a.  Discuss the ethical principle (e.g., autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) or theory that underpins your perspective. **provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the ethical principle or theory that underpins the candidate’s perspective. B.  Develop a policy brief (suggested length of no more than 6 pages) for the public policy issue discussed in part A in which you do the following: 1.  Identify the decision maker (name and title) who will receive the policy brief. **Identify the appropriate decision maker (name and title) who will receive the policy brief. a.  Explain why the public policy issue requires the decision maker’s attention, using relevant nursing research from the last five years to support your position. **provide a logical explanation, with substantial detail, of why the public policy requires the decision maker’s attention, using substantial relevant nursing research from the last five years to support the position. 2.  Discuss the main challenges of addressing the selected public policy issue.  **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the main challenges of addressing the selected public policy issue. 3.  Discuss the primary options and/or interventions for the decision maker, including why they are tangible. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the primary options and/or interventions for the decision maker, including why they are tangible. 4.  Propose a persuasive course of action for the decision maker, including ways to avoid the challenges identified in part B2. **provides an appropriate proposal, with substantial support, for a persuasive course of action for the decision maker, including ways to avoid the challenges identified in part B2. 5.  Discuss how you will evaluate the success of your policy brief (top-down approach). **provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of how the candidate will evaluate the success of the policy brief (a top-down approach)..   C. Create a plan (suggested length of no more than 3 pages) for working with an organization or a community to address the public policy issue analyzed in part A by doing the following: 1.  Identify an organization or community that has expressed interest in your selected health or nursing profession public policy issue. **Identifiy an organization or community that has expressed interest in the selected health or nursing profession public policy issue. a.  Summarize evidence supporting why the organization or community has expressed interest in the selected public policy issue. **provide a logical summary, with substantial detail, of evidence supporting why the organization or community has expressed interest in the selected public policy issue 2.  Identify three CBPR principles you could use to work with the organization or community to address a policy change for the public policy issue. **accurately identifies 3 CBPR principles the candidate could use to work with the organization or community to address a policy change for the public policy issue. a.  Explain how you could approach and collaborate with the organization or community. **provide a logical explanation, with substantial detail, of how the candidate could approach and collaborate with the organization or community. b.  Discuss how the goal of the community or organization aligns with your goal for the selected public policy issue.  **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of how the goal of the community or organization aligns with the candidate’s goal for the selected public policy issue. c.  Discuss the action steps that need to be taken to achieve your goal from part C2b. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the action steps that need to be taken to achieve the candidate’s goal from part C2b. d.  Discuss the possible roles/responsibilities of the community or organization members, including problem-solving and capacity-building roles. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the possible roles/responsibilities of community or organization members, including problem-solving and capacity-building roles. e.  Discuss key elements of developing a collaborative evaluation plan, using CBPR principles. **provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of key elements of developing a collaborative evaluation plan, using CBPR principles. f.  Discuss how you will evaluate the success of your community or organization plan (bottom-up approach). **provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of how the success of the community or organization plan will be evaluated (bottom-up approach). D.  Analyze (suggested length of 1 page) the strengths and challenges of the top-down and bottom-up approaches in achieving policy change(s) to support your selected public policy issue by doing the following: 1. Discuss the strengths of each approach to implement change for the selected public policy issue. ** provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the strengths of each approach to implement change for the selected public policy issue. 2.  Discuss the challenges of each approach to implement change for the selected public policy issue. **provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the challenges of each approach to implement change for the selected public policy issue. 3.  Discuss which approach you would recommend as the most effective to address the selected public policy issue. **provide a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of which approach the candidate would recommend as the most effective to address the selected public policy issue. E.  When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.