Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2 Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid Use this Agenda Comparison Grid to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected and the presidential agendas. By completing this grid, you will develop a more in depth understanding of your selected issue and how you might position it politically based on the presidential agendas. You will use the information in the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your Assignment. Identify the Population Health concern you selected. Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it. Administration (President Name) (Current President) (Previous President) (Previous President) Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents. Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue. Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid, complete the following to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected Administration (President Name) (Current President) (Previous President) (Previous President) Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected? How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How does it stay there? Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents? Note: Part 3: of the Module 1: Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief is a 1-page Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief the you will create in a separate document. © 2018 Laureate Education Inc. 3 Discussion: Agenda Comparison Grids Regardless of political affiliation, every citizen has a stake in healthcare policy decisions. Hence, it is little wonder why healthcare items become such high-profile components of presidential agendas. It is also little wonder why they become such hotly debated agenda items. In Part 1 of this module’s Assignment, you were asked to begin work on an Agenda Comparison Grid to compare the impact of the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidents’ agendas on the healthcare item you selected for study. In this Discussion, you will share your first draft with your colleagues to receive feedback to be applied to your final version. To Prepare: · Review the Resources and reflect on the importance of agenda setting. · Consider how federal agendas promote healthcare issues and how these h.

1. Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
Use this Agenda Comparison Grid to document information
about the population health/healthcare issue your selected and
the presidential agendas. By completing this grid, you will
develop a more in depth understanding of your selected issue
and how you might position it politically based on the
presidential agendas.
You will use the information in the Part 1: Agenda Comparison
Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your
Assignment.
Identify the Population Health concern you selected.
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the
factors that contribute to it.
Administration (President Name)
(Current President)
(Previous President)
(Previous President)
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue
for the current and two previous presidents.

2. Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the
current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
Explain how each of the presidential administrations
approached the issue.

3. Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis
Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda
Comparison Grid, complete the following to document
information about the population health/healthcare issue your
selected
Administration (President Name)
(Current President)
(Previous President)
(Previous President)
Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible
for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on
the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How
does it stay there?
Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/
champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the
current and two previous presidents?

4. Note: Part 3: of the Module 1: Assignment: Agenda Comparison
Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief is a 1-page Fact
Sheet or Talking Points Brief the you will create in a separate
document.
© 2018 Laureate Education Inc. 3
Discussion: Agenda Comparison Grids
Regardless of political affiliation, every citizen has a stake in
healthcare policy decisions. Hence, it is little wonder why
healthcare items become such high-profile components of
presidential agendas. It is also little wonder why they become
such hotly debated agenda items.
In Part 1 of this module’s Assignment, you were asked to begin
work on an Agenda Comparison Grid to compare the impact of
the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous
presidents’ agendas on the healthcare item you selected for
study. In this Discussion, you will share your first draft with
your colleagues to receive feedback to be applied to your final
version.
To Prepare:
· Review the Resources and reflect on the importance of agenda
setting.
· Consider how federal agendas promote healthcare issues and
how these healthcare issues become agenda priorities.
· Review Part 1 of the Module 1 Assignment and complete the
requirements for this Discussion.
By Day 3 of Week 1
Post a draft of the Agenda Comparison Grid you completed for
Part 1 of the Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheets or
Talking Points Brief Assignment.

5. Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please
click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the
Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and
politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones &
Bartlett Learning.
· Chapter 1, “Informing Public Policy: An Important Role for
Registered Nurses” (pp. 11–13 only)
· Chapter 2, “Agenda Setting: What Rises to a Policymaker’s
Attention?” (pp. 17–36)
· Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health
Care” (pp. 171–180)
· Chapter 12, “An Insider’s Guide to Engaging in Policy
Activities”
· “Creating a Fact Sheet” (pp. 217-221)
DeMarco, R., & Tufts, K. A. (2014). The mechanics of writing a
policy brief. Nursing Outlook, 62(3), 219–224.
doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.04.002
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
Kingdon, J. W. (2001). A model of agenda-setting, with
applications. Law Review, M.S.U.-D.C.L., 2(331).
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
Lamb, G., Newhouse, R., Beverly, C., Toney, D. A., Cropley,
S., Weaver, C. A., Kurtzman, E., … Peterson, C. (2015). Policy
agenda for nurse-led care coordination. Nursing Outlook, 63(4),
521–530. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.003
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
O’Rourke, N. C., Crawford, S. L., Morris, N. S., & Pulcini, J.
(2017). Political efficacy and participation of nurse
practitioners. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(3), 135–

6. 148. doi:10.1177/1527154417728514
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Enhancing
Environmental Health Content in Nursing Practice, Pope, A. M.,
Snyder, M. A., & Mood, L. H. (Eds.). (n.d.). Nursing health, &
environment: Strengthening the relationship to improve the
public's health. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library
databases.
USA.gov. (n.d.). A-Z index of U.S. government departments
and agencies. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from
https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/a
USA.gov. (n.d.). Executive departments. Retrieved September
20, 2018, from https://www.usa.gov/executive-departments
The White House. (n.d.). The cabinet. Retrieved September 20,
2018, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-trump-
administration/the-cabinet/
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