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Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health

Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health

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It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.

Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first major piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debate ever since.

As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and/or opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policy and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.

In this Assignment, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.

To Prepare:

  • Review the agenda priorities of the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidential administrations.
  • Select an issue related to healthcare that was addressed by each of the last three U.S. presidential administrations.
  • Reflect on the focus of their respective agendas, including the allocation of financial resources for addressing the healthcare issue you selected.
  • Consider how you would communicate the importance of a healthcare issue to a legislator/policymaker or a member of their staff for inclusion on an agenda.

The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-Page Analysis, and 1-page Fact Sheet)

Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

Use the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidential administrations and their agendas related to the public health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:

  • Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
  • Describe the administrative agenda focus related to the issue you selected.
  • Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
  • Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.

Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis

Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template, by addressing the following:

  • Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
  • How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How does it stay there?
  • Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents?

Part 3: Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief

Using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page narrative that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. Be sure to address the following:

  • Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
  • Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.

****APA format— Template is provided— Please read over rubic.

Please incorporate these resources and follow rubric.

Lamb, G., Newhouse, R., Beverly, C., Toney, D. A., Cropley, S., Weaver, C. A., Kurtzman, E., … Peterson, C. (2015). Policy agenda for nurse-led care coordination. Nursing Outlook, 63(4), 521–530. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.003

O’Rourke, N. C., Crawford, S. L., Morris, N. S., & Pulcini, J. (2017). Political efficacy and participation of nurse practitioners. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(3), 135– 148. doi: 10.1177/1527154417728514

Kingdon, J. W. (2001). A model of agenda-setting, with applications. Law Review, M.S.U.-D.C.L., 2(331).

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Enhancing Environmental Health Content in Nursing Practice, Pope, A. M., Snyder, M. A., & Mood, L. H. (Eds.). (n.d.). Nursing health, & environment: Strengthening the relationship to improve the public’s health. Retrieved September 20, 2018.

 

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Rubric Detail Select Grid View or List View to change the rubric’s layout. Name: NURS_6050_Module01_Week02_Assignment_Rubric Grid View EXIT List View Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid-Identify a population health concern Excellent Good Fair Poor 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) The response clearly and accurately identi!es and describes a population health concern. The response vaguely identi!es and describes a population health concern. The response inaccurately identi!es and describes a population health concern. Identi!cation and description of a population health concern is missing or incomplete. 18 (18%) – 20 (20%) 16 (16%) – 17 (17%) 14 (14%) – 15 (15%) 0 (0%) – 13 (13%) The response clearly and accurately describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the !nancial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explains how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. At least 3 resources are used. The response vaguely describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the !nancial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explains how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. Only 2 resources are used. The response inaccurately describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the !nancial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. Only 1 resource is used. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
The description of the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, !nancial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explanation for how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue is missing. No resources are used. 23 (23%) – 25 (25%) 20 (20%) – 22 (22%) 18 (18%) – 19 (19%) 0 (0%) – 17 (17%) -The response clearly and accurately identi!es an administrative agency most likely to be responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue. -Response clearly and accurately explains how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there. – The response clearly and accurately identi!es the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected. -The response vaguely identi!es an administrative agency which may be responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue. -Response adequately explains how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there. -Identi!cation of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is vague. -Identi!cation of an administrative agency responsible for addressing the selected health care issue is inaccurate. -Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there is vague or inaccurate. -Identi!cation of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is inaccurate or does not align with the healthcare issue. -Identi!cation of an administrative agency responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue is missing. -Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there is vague and inaccurate or is missing. -Identi!cation of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is vague and inaccurate or is missing. 32 (32%) – 35 (35%) 28 (28%) – 31 (31%) 25 (25%) – 27 (27%) 0 (0%) – 24 (24%) Creates a well-developed, accurate, and narrative. Creates an accurate and thorough narrative. The response provides a complete, detailed, and speci!c synthesis of two outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response fully integrates at least 2 outside resources and 2-3 course speci!c resources that fully supports the summary provided. The response provides an accurate synthesis of at least one outside resource reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response integrates at least 1 outside resource and 2-3 course speci!c resources that may support the summary provided. Creates a narrative that is partially accurate or incomplete. -Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it. Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid- Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
– Identify the allocations of !nancial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue. – Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis- Address the following: -Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected? -How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda? How does it stay there? -Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents? Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
Narrative: Based on your Agenda Comparison Grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-2-page narrative that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their sta” for this healthcare issue. -Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. -Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, #ow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria. Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: The response provides a vague or inaccurate summary of outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response minimally integrates resources that may support the summary provided. Responses justifying the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues is inaccurate and incomplete or is missing. Responses accurately justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues. The responses partially justi!es the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues. 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for “ow, continuity, and clarity. Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for “ow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for “ow, continuity, and clarity 60%79% of the time. Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for “ow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or o# topic. No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided. 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors. Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Contains several (3-4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding. 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Uses correct APA format with no errors. Contains a few (1-2) APA format errors. Contains several (3-4) APA format errors. Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors. Responses accurately and thoroughly justify in detail the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria. Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. The response provides a vague and inaccurate summary of no outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation, or is missing. The response fails to integrate any resources to support the summary provided. Total Points: 100 Name: NURS_6050_Module01_Week02_Assignment_Rubric EXIT Legislation Comparison Grid Template Legislation Comparison Grid Template Use this document to complete Part 1 of the Module 2 Assessment Legislation Comparison Grid and Testimony/Advocacy Statement Health-related Bill Name Bill Number Description Federal or State? Legislative Intent Proponents/ Opponents Proponents: Opponents: Target Population Status of the bill (Is it in hearings or committees?) General Notes/Comments © 2018 Laureate Education Inc. 1 Running head: THE HEALTH AGENDA The Health Agenda Your First and Last Name Institutional Affiliation: Course Code: Instructor’s Name: 1 THE HEALTH AGENDA 2 The Health Agenda Every government that comes into power has to through the process of agenda-setting to determine what it wants to achieve for the people. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
The three successive governments of Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump have had different approaches to healthcare-related problems in the country, which has seen a number of interventions made to mitigate the problem. Agenda setting and formulation form the first two stages of public policy, which is a set of actions and decisions taken by governments towards the solution of a given problem, in this case, being healthcare. Public policies are based on law hence requires that it goes through a number of stages to allow a government to deal with an issue. The first step is that the problem has to be recognized, then an agenda is set to show the problems the government intends to solve, the policy is then formulated by various decision-makers. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
The other stage is the adoption of a policy which often happens when congress passes a law or when a president signs an executive order or when the Supreme Court rules on an important case. The policy then moves to the implementation stage, mostly by administrative agencies within the executive and finally into the evaluation stage to determine if a policy has been accomplished and whether it is being carried out efficiently. Various stakeholders are involved in the process of policymaking so that they lobby for the interests of their members. The American Nurses Association, for example, has been at the forefront of advocating for improved healthcare for all as well as the nurses’ welfare (O’Rourke, Crawford & Morris, 2017). In 2014, The Care Coordination Task Force (CCTF) was convened by the leadership of the American Nurses Association and the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), to review major position papers and policy briefs on care coordination. One of the aims was to recommend specific and actionable federal policy priorities to advance the contributions THE HEALTH AGENDA 3 of nurses to effective care coordination (Lamb et al., 2015). Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
When professionals understand the political process, they may facilitate the efforts of their leaders and organizations to promote change in state rules and regulations. From these lobby groups, their voices reach the executive and congress agencies so that they share their perspectives and expertise directly with the policymakers, which provides an arena where these views are incorporated into the government’s agenda. Almost all American Presidents have faced healthcare crises while in the office that have ranged from political scandals, natural disasters, economic calamities and terrorism. In dealing with the problem of affordable healthcare, Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump have made their contributions, which have brought about key changes as far as healthcare’s access and affordability for Americans is concerned. In 2003, President Bush enacted the Medicare Modernization Act, to help Americans access the healthcare they needed at an affordable price as well as infusing transparency and innovation into the healthcare system (Pope, 2017). President Obama would also in 2010, enact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, with the aim of lowering the costs of healthcare and to improve the quality of life for those who could not get health insurance from their employers. The reforms would come in to lower the costs of emergency rooms as well as chronic illnesses, which were some of the most expensive healthcare services. When President Trump came into office his policy aimed at putting the American patients first including with a more aggressive approach to deregulation and regulatory reforms in a bid to outsmart any administration before him. His reforms would see the Department of Health and Human Services cut the burden of its regulations by $25.7 billion to become the number 1 agency in terms of regulatory savings (Azar, 2020). Despite their contributions, the question of healthcare continues THE HEALTH AGENDA 4 to be a challenge to many Americans, especially those from the low economic caucus, in terms of coverage and accessibility. One of the areas that should be looked at, without politicization of the whole campaign is to ensure that every American has access to healthcare at an affordable price, and with a proper medical cover. Given a chance to be the President of the United States, I would ensure that all stakeholders within the health sector are involved in an exercise that allows them to give their views concerning how the question of affordable health can be solved once and for all. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
The reports would include proposals for the way forward, including how the existing policies can be improved to make the experience better for all people. I would then lobby the concerned agencies within the government to ensure that such recommendations are drafted into a policy, which I would task the necessary agencies to implement. This way, everyone from insurance providers, government agencies to the people would give their input towards achieving a policy that is beneficial for all. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
THE HEALTH AGENDA 5 References Azar, A. M (2020, July 18). President Trump is fixing the biggest problem in healthcare you’ve never heard of. Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/secretary/opeds/president-trump-is-fixing-the-biggest-problem-in-healthcare-you’ve-never-heardof.html Lamb, G., Newhouse, R., Beverly, C., Toney, D. A., Cropley, S., Weaver, C. A., Kurtzman, E., … Peterson, C. (2015). Policy agenda for nurse-led care coordination. Nursing Outlook, 63(4), 521–530. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.003 O’Rourke, N. C., Crawford, S. L., Morris, N. S., & Pulcini, J. (2017). Political efficacy and participation of nurse practitioners. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(3), 135– 148. doi: 10.1177/1527154417728514 Pope, C (2017, June 16). On Health-Care Reform, George W. Bush Was Misunderestimated. Retrieved from https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/george-w-bush-medicaremodernization-act-health-care-reform-huge-success/ … Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health