Health Policy Analysis
Instructions
Write a research paper. Structure a health policy analysis addressing the following topics concerning your health problem.
(Teitelbaum text chapter 14).
• Problem Statement
• Background
• Landscape
• Options
• Recommendations
PROBLEM STATEMENT
What is ONE healthcare issue that has been identified in your local community?
Write the issue in a question format and maybe in one or two bullets or sentences – (Opioid Abuse in Baltimore City)
Your problem statement should be much narrow and focused on ONE topic.
Remember: your goal for this assignment is to prevent the issue by solving a healthcare issue in your local community. NOT to treat
BACKGROUND
As an FNP, Define the problem being addressed in the analysis,
As a family nurse practitioner working in an outpatient family practice, this is exactly what you will be doing, as you’ll prevent the problem from occurring instead of treating them.
It also shows why the issue is important and must be addressed immediately.
This section lays out the facts of your ONE problem. Oftentimes with statistics from reliable sources such as your State’s Health Department.
LANDSCAPE
Who is involved in this health issue?
Affected population:
Identify key stakeholders (people who will help you prevent your issue)
There is no required number of stakeholders. Perhaps a politician or your state’s legislature or governors. A healthcare agency, pharmaceutical industry, health insurance industry, AARP and other elder rights groups, advocacy groups with sable, pharmacists lobby or on pharmaceutical companies and internet-based
OPTIONS
Based on the facts from the background and the landscape, it is time to develop intervention options.
The options that you will discuss are typically three to five,
- Option One: Discuss the pros and cons in 4 bullets
- Option Two: Discuss the pros and cons in 4 bullets
- Option Three: Discuss the pros and cons in 4 bullets
It gives the client some choice of what to do about the health care problem.
In this case, a client may most likely include many stakeholders you’ve read on page 85 to look for possible options.
The bottom left might be for media, scholarly articles, or interest group recommendations. Then take experts in the field, congressional testimony, legislation, whether it’s pastor pending and propose an agency report.
RECOMMENDATIONS
What are your options, and what is the best way to implement each?
Choose recommendations based on the data you have presented thus far.
Let’s take a look at page 286, box 14, dash one: you can see possible factors, including political factors, social factors, economic factors, legal factors, and practical factors.
Since you will be discussing a specific healthcare problem, for the purpose of this assignment, multiple recommendations may be chosen and discussed 2-3. Again, depending upon the healthcare issue, providing pros and cons lists may be appropriate, or perhaps a list of recommendations.
Conclusion
Summarize each section in one or two sentences.
References
On the last slide