To
prepare:
·
Select a population
health issue of interest to you and identify the population affected by the
issue.
·
Locate two scholarly
articles, each of which provides a description of an effective health advocacy
campaign that addresses your issue. The articles need to focus on two different
advocacy campaigns.
·
Analyze the attributes
of the two campaigns to determine what made them effective.
·
Reflect on a policy you
could propose or suggest a change to a current policy to improve the health of
the population you selected.
·
Consider how you could
develop an advocacy campaign, applying the attributes identified in similar,
effective campaigns.
To
complete:
For
the Part 1 application (approximately 3–4 pages of content with a title page
and references in APA format) address the following:
·
Describe your selected
population health issue and the population affected by this issue.
·
Summarize the two
advocacy campaigns you researched in this area.
·
Explain the attributes
that made those campaigns effective.
·
Begin to develop a plan
for a health advocacy campaign that seeks to create a new policy or change an
existing policy with regard to the issue and population you selected. Be sure
to include in your plan:
A
description of the public health issue and proposed policy solution
·
Specific objectives for
the policy you want to be implemented
·
Begin to substantiate of
your proposed campaign by data and evidence.
·
Be sure to paste the
rubric at the end of your paper.
