Topic: Understanding the Causes of Childhood Obesity
Note: You must seek approval on your specific health policy issue and approved by your faculty before you begin working on this assignment. This 16 page evidence-based paper should be on current policy or proposed legislation.
Project Task: Construct an overview.
Construct an overview to introduce the identified health policy initiative or issue and focus on local, state or federal populations
The overview should include the following:
- Objective for paper’s purpose
- Overview of specific health policy or issue
- A detailed description of the legislators or agencies that are involved in the specific health policy and how it has been funded or allocated to improve health care practices and outcomes
- A detailed description on how the health policy will influence and affect the targeted population
- Provide rationale for why this specific health policy topic is important and needed
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Rubric
Health Topic Describe a single health promotion/disease prevention problem from the Healthy People 2020 Objectives Introduction to population or problem Describe incidence, prevalence, epidemiology, cost burden etc.,
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Description of specific population, program or organization Discuss how the policy is intended for a specific population, program or organization Specific legislators involved Identify and discuss specific legislators involved in the policy development
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Policy, practice and outcomes Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes Policy, practice and the inter-professional team Examine how the policy can be used by the inter-professional team to ensure coordinated
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Comprehensive Review of Literature Perform and demonstrate a comprehensive review of the current evidence. Use of primary sources and evidence that is not older than 5 years Writing, grammar and APA application Scholarly grammar, use of APA 6th edition