Posted: January 20th, 2023
There are 2 parts to this assessment. For the first, choose a health care law or policy at the state or national level, then write a letter of advocacy to a state legislator for support of the health issue. For the second part, you will demonstrate your ability to analyze your local community. You will research government organizations and a community agency of your choice. You will analyze current community needs and communicable diseases, developing an educational program for the selected organization.
Read Community Toolbox Chapter 33 Section 1: Writing Letters to Elected Officials from the Community Toolbox: ctb.ku.edu.
Assume you are a public health nurse manager working for an organization in your state that garners support for key public health issues.
The CEO of your organization has requested that you complete the following:
Identify 1 global health care issue that impacts U.S. health populations in your zip code through law or policy at the state or national level, for which it is crucial that continued funding be approved. Visit the Healthy People 2030 website to help identify an issue.
Research the law or policy to determine:
Predict the need for advocacy (support of and strategic approach) for the selected health issue using data from a community health needs assessment (CHNA) report from a public hospital in your zip code and ISP reports. Investigate your state legislature or U.S. Congress (Congress.gov) websites to determine if there is pending action or established policy supporting the identified health issue.
Identify 1 state or federal legislator representing your selected zip code. Use your state legislature directory or the U.S. Congress Directory.
Determine the legislator’s support for the health issue in your community. If necessary, call the legislator’s office and ask an aide what actions are being taken on behalf of the community on that issue.
Write a letter of advocacy to the legislator regarding the health issue on behalf of your organization. Use the 4-paragraph format described in the blog post:
Format your assignment as a concise 500-word letter. Edit fiercely!
Include a reference page for the CHNA, ISP, legislative research, and legislator.
Note: You do not need to send the letter to meet the requirements of this assignment.
In this part of the assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to analyze your local community. You will research an agency you choose, with a focus on current community needs and communicable diseases. You will prepare an outline for a program you might offer to the chosen agency. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, you would focus on teaching community members how to mitigate the virus and prevent further spread. In this assignment, you will educate an identified population about all local communicable diseases, such as TB, hepatitis, and STDs, and chronic illnesses, such as diabetes.
Step 1:
Examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis) for 2 different government agencies in relation to communicable diseases and chronic illnesses. (Note: These agencies do not include the agency with whom you will work in Step 2 of this assessment.)
Prepare a 350-word summary of your SWOT analysis.
Step 2:
Choose a local community agency with whom you might work. Examples include, but are not limited to:
Conduct a SWOT analysis for your chosen agency.
Prepare a 350-word summary of your SWOT analysis.
Step 3:
Recommend an appropriate disease prevention teaching project that could be offered by your chosen agency for the local community.
Prepare a 500-word outline and summary of the disease prevention teaching project that could be offered by your agency. You will continue this teaching project in Week 4.
Place an order in 3 easy steps. Takes less than 5 mins.