Your textbook defines a policy analysis as, an analysis that provides informed advice to a client that relates to a public policy decision, includes a recommended course of action/ inaction, and is framed by the client’s powers and values. Chapter 14 then moves to both build out these components and to demonstrate how a health policy analysis should be conducted.
The Final Project for this course will build on this as a health policy analysis explanation from your text. You will write on a topic provided by your instructor. Be sure to review the required learning resources for more information about the content, voice, and structure of a professional policy analysis. Pay specific attention to the five essential components of a policy analysis: problem statement, background, landscape, options analysis, and recommendation.
The assignment (12–15 pages)
The Final Project for this course is a 12- to 15-page (not including title page and references) research paper using the research paper template provided in this week’s Learning Resources. You will complete an analysis of a public health policy based on a topic assigned by your instructor. NOTE: The instructor is assigning a public health topic/issue rather than a policy.
********TOPIC: Policies supporting injury prevention in ONE state. Choose one state and one state only.
**Support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.**
https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/news/current.html
Due by Day 7
- Include a title page, with name, date, course and section, and title
- Include section headers for each section, below.
- Problem Statement
- Background
- Landscape
- Options Analysis: evaluate the policy for its impact on public health and health equity
- Recommendation: you must include suggestions on advocacy for clinical, social, or economic policies and programs that will result in positive social change and improve health outcomes in a diverse population
- Cite the sources in your text, wherever you referred to them.
- Include an APA formatted reference list.