DNP: Assignment – Health care Policies and Analysis

ADVOCACY AREA

In the first two Discussions, you identified a vulnerable or marginalized population for whom you can determine an issue that could be addressed through engaging in policy advocacy. Now it is time to present this advocacy area with evidence to support and defend your selection.

For this Assignment, you will explain and defend your selected advocacy issue. Using evidence and experience, you will determine the advocacy issue most important to your practice and organization. Why are you selecting this issue? Why is this an area of high need? How might this area be improved with policy? What can you do to advocate for this area of need?

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

Readings

• Dawes, Daniel E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.

o Chapter 3, “The Political Determinants of Health Model” (pp. 41-77)

Media

• Get it Right! A Global Health Channel. (2020). How to Understand What Are Vulnerable Groups in Less than 3 MinutesLinks to an external site.? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDRgbI8rsA

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.

Links to an external site.

• HMS DICP. (2020). Voting, Links to an external site.Health Policy, and Social JusticeLinks to an external site.: Political Determinants of Health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CDLlXSSMc

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 58 minutes.

Links to an external site.

• Malloy, Donald. (2020). Vulnerable Populations in HealthcareLinks to an external site.: Do you Know Who They Are? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h35EQ4Amqto

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.

Links to an external site.

• Satcher Health Leadership Institute. (2021). The Political Determinants of Health — Jessica’s StoryLinks to an external site.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMutvgQIcU

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.