Health Issues/Policy Analysis Paper
Guidelines and Grading Criteria
This purpose of the assignment is to explore health needs or problems within communities and to explore what health problems are for that particular community. Discussions with community leaders and experts provide what health problems priorities they perceive exist for that particular community and the plans and policies in place to improve the health disparities. The student relates the health determinants and the epidemiological concepts to the identified health disparities in their communities to provide leadership in the development of policy to affect health outcomes.
After reviewing information provided in course content about Healthy People 2020 and the list of national concerns, the student consults with three (3) to five (5) local authorities and experts in his/her home community to discern the individuals’ perceptions about their own community problems. Students need to obtain the national list from Healthy People 2020 web site and ask authorities in their communities to describe how community problems compare to national top three health problems.
Interview a variety of individuals in positions of leadership who have knowledge of the community’s health problems and challenges. Conduct the interviews with public healthofficials, community leaders, school officials, local council members, state representatives, etc. but include a cross section of the community, one nurse leader, or other health care providers.
Write a paper that details each community authority’s perceptions of the top three healthconcerns. The paper specifies the individual interviewed, the credentials, his/her perspectives of community needs, and why the individual feels these conditions are problematic. The use of first person in this assignment is acceptable. Many community leaders indicate common health concerns, but list in a separate section each individual’s concerns. The student identifies at least nine (9) problems. The problems may certainly be the same or similar, but these must be listed according to the community leader who identified the issues as problematic. Differentiate each of the leaders’ policies for improving the health disparities, and then examine the effects of legal and regulatory processes on nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and outcomes
Investigate and report on the epidemiological information associated with the top three (3) problems identified including a list of resources and statistics from an epidemiology web site. The student needs to tie the community health concerns with the concepts of epidemiology in order to develop a cogent plan of action for the Advanced Practice Nurse to use when developing strategies to address the identified problems.
Then assess specific ways an Advanced Practice Nurse could make an impact on one of the problems. These impacts are specific to the chosen area of practice, i.e. FNP, CNS, ACNP, Management & Leadership, and Education and should include information about how the nurse might make a difference in addressing one of these problems.
Papers should be 6-8 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages using APA format. Points will be deducted for papers that either exceed or do not include 6-8 pages of text. The file containing the paper should be submitted in the assignment section and named with the STUDENT’S last name and assignment name.
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