27 Mar What are legislators currently doing to address your selected advocacy priorities for a vulnerable population?
What are legislators currently doing to address your selected advocacy priorities for a vulnerable population? Are there current policies in place? Are there current policies proposed at either the state or federal level? What are the most obvious strengths and weaknesses of these policies as they relate to your advocacy priority? What might need to change?
For this Discussion, you will identify a state or federal policy that aligns with your advocacy priority. After identifying the policy, you will consider how the policy aligns and supports your identified vulnerable population. How and why does this policy align with your advocacy priorities?
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE:
Review resources related to health policy.
Consider the health policy that might align with your advocacy priorities.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 5
Post a response detailing the following:
Identify a proposed state and federal policy that aligns with your advocacy priorities for your vulnerable population. Clearly describe and provide evidence to support this policy. If the policy needs to change, describe and provide evidence to support the proposed change.
MSL_Getting Started in WEEK FIVE!
Welcome to WEEK FIVE! We started the semester looking at HEALTH POLICY and the role of health policy in our healthcare delivery system. You were asked to identify a vulnerable population, a SPECIFIC HEALTH NEED of that vulnerable population, and the contextual factors that surround meeting the identified need. This week, we begin the process of identifying strategies to move your policy agenda forward. For this week, you are asked to identify a proposed state and/or federal health policy that aligns with your priorities for your identified population.
You may wish to format your discussion post in this manner:
1. Your population and the population’s health need: Psychiatric patient with medication non adherence
2. Current state policy and current federal policy that aligns to your advocacy priorities.
3. Missing factors of the current state and/or federal policy
4. Your Proposed Change
