Public Health Legislation

12059Public Health Legislation

This assessment addresses the following course objective(s):
• Advocate for policies that improve the health of the public and the profession of nursing and health care administration.
Instructions
Throughout this course, you have learned about the importance of political advocacy: how legislation can impact healthcare delivery, quality of care, patient outcomes, and various healthcare professional’s roles and practice.
For this final assignment, you will research current legislation related to public health. Identify a piece of legislation you feel passionately about. You will complete parts I and II below, to illustrate your understanding of the legislation, state your position, call for action, etc.
Topic Selected: Access to Aid-In-Dying in the United States
Audience: Politicians who will be voting on your identified legislation.
Submit
This assignment has 2 deliverables for upload. Please review carefully.
Part I Multimedia Presentation:
Record yourself delivering a formal address about your stance on the legislation, to your politicians. Audio and video quality should be clear, and your attire should be business professional. Minimum length of 10 minutes.
Part II – Written support:
Prepare a professional paper, summarizing the legislation itself, your position, call for action, etc. Cite relevant sources, which may include industry leader’s perspectives, or scholarly research. Minimum length of five pages.

Assignment Resource(s)
Govtrack. (2020). Bills and resolutionsLinks to an external site.. GovTrack.us. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/Links to an external site.
Use as one of the reference this article
Access to Aid-In-Dying in the United States: Shifting the Debate from Rights to JusticeLinks to an external site. (Buchbinder, 2018)