1. Discussion: Population Health Policy Advocacy
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FREE PAPERS ON Discussion: Population Health Policy AdvocacyOverviewWrite a letter to
the editor of an academic or professional journal. The length and format of the letter is
dictated by your choice of journal.Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work
you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments
in this course in the order in which they are presented.Advocating for new policies is an
important aspect of the master’s-prepared nurse. For new policies to be compelling they
need to be supported by evidence. Supporting data can be used to illustrate why new
policies and interventions are needed to help address a specific health issue. Compelling
data can help sway the stakeholders and gain support for your policy. Discussion:
Population Health Policy AdvocacyAssessment InstructionsSCENARIOThroughout this
course, you have focused on a specific health issue occurring within a specific population.
You researched position papers regarding this health concern, and you developed a health
policy proposal to positively impact the health of the affected individuals. It is now time to
reach a greater audience regarding your policy proposal.INSTRUCTIONSDevelop a letter to
the editor of a peer-reviewed academic or professional nursing journal based on the policy
proposal that you created for Assessment 2. Choose from one of the journals on the Ultimate
List of Nursing Journals (https://www.nursingschool.org/ultimate-list-of-nursing-
journals/) (in the Resources) and go to that journal’s Web site to find out the requirements
for submitting a letter to the editor, such as format requirements, topics, and word counts.
Make sure you select a nursing journal that covers the topic about which you are going to
write. If you want to use another journal that is not on this list, please make sure the journal
does address health care, because this is the purpose of the assessment.The goal of your
letter is to be informative about the policy that you developed for Assessment 2, while also
being persuasive about the need for and benefit of similar policies in other health care
settings. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be
sure that your submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Letter to the
Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Letter to
the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy document to better understand how each
grading criterion will be assessed. Discussion: Population Health Policy AdvocacyEvaluate
the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target
population.Look back to the data or scenario you used in Assessment 1 to address this
criterion.Analyze how the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific
2. issue in a target population necessitates health policy development and advocacy.Justify
why a developed policy will be vital in improving the quality of care and outcomes for a
specific issue in a target population.Advocate for policy development in other care settings
with regard to a specific issue in a target population.Analyze the ways in which
interprofessional aspects of a developed policy will support efficient and effective
achievement of desired outcomes for the target population.Communicate in a professional
and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using current APA style (or the journal’s preferred
style).Example Assessment: You may use the assessment example, linked in the Assessment
Example section of the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating
on the scoring guide would look like.ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTSThe submission
requirements for your editorial will depend on the journal you choose. To find out the
requirements, go to the journal’s Web site. There should be a section regarding submissions
that will address how to format letters to the editor, and whether there is a word count limit
(there usually is a limit).If the journal does not have submission guidelines for the number
of resources required, use 3–5 sources.To be sure that your instructor knows the
submission and formatting requirements for your letter, include the journal’s guidelines on
a separate page at the end of the document you submit for this assessment.RESOURCESThe
resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to
prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate,
credible, and valid. The MSN-FP6026 – Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing
Practice II Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources
and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom,
provide additional resources to help support you.AdvocacyAllen, D. D., Lauffenburger, J.,
Law, A. V., Vanderveen, R. P., & Lang, W. G. (2012). Report of the 2011–2012 standing
committee on advocacy: The relevance of excellent research: Strategies for impacting public
policy. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(6), 13–25.Jansson, B. S.,
Nyamathi, A., Heidemann, G., Bird, M., Rogers Ward, C., Brown-Saltzman, K., . . . Kaplan, C.
(2016). Predicting levels of policy advocacy engagement among acute-care health
professionals. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 17(1), 43–55.Kung, Y. M., & Rudner Lugo,
N. (2015). Political advocacy and practice barriers: A survey of Florida APRNs. Journal of the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(3), 145–151.Standing up for somebody:
What is advocacy and why do we do it? (2014). The Queensland Nurse, 33(3), 28–
29.Biopsychosocial (Population and Public Health)Richmond, S. A., D’Cruz, J., Lokku, A.,
MacPherson, A., Howard, A., & MacArthur, C. (2016). Trends in unintentional injury
mortality in Canadian children 1950–2009 and association with selected population-level
interventions. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(4/5), e431–e437.Evidence-Based
PracticeDoria, J. B. (2014). A culturally congruent education group: An evidence-based
approach to improve prenatal care utilization. Journal of Nursing Practice Applications &
Reviews of Research, 4(2), 94–101.Letters to the EditorDonzelli, A. (2015). E-cigarettes may
impair ability to quit, but other explanations are possible. American Journal of Public
Health, 105(11), 1.Lutwak, N., Dill, C., Blosnich, J. R., Bossarte, R. M., & Silenzio, V. M. B.
3. (2012). Improved health care for sexual minority and transgender veterans. American
Journal of Public Health, 102(8), E10–E11.NursingSchool.org. (2017). Ultimate list of
nursing journals. Retrieved from http://nursingschool.org/ultimate-list-of-nursing-
…PharmacologyÅkesson, A., Larsson, S. C., Discacciati, A., & Wolk, A. (2014). Low-risk diet
and lifestyle habits in the primary prevention of myocardial infarction in men. Journal of the
American College of Cardiology, 64(13), 1299–1306.PolicyOlson, K. (2016). Influence
through policy: Four steps YOU can take. Reflections on Nursing Leadership, 42(2), 1–
3.PreventionBerger-Jenkins, E., Rausch, J., Okah, E., Tsao, D., Nieto, A., Lyda, E., . . . McCord,
M. (2014). Evaluation of a coordinated school-based obesity prevention program in a
Hispanic community: Choosing Healthy and Active Lifestyles for Kids/Healthy Schools
Healthy Families. American Journal of Health Education, 45(5), 261–270.Institute for Work
& Health. (n.d.). What researchers mean by… primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
Retrieved from http://www.iwh.on.ca/wrmb/primary-secondary-and-
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