Policy Analysis

  1- Choose ONE of the following policy options from either federal or state levels of government for your policy analysis essay. It is also advisable to visit the government home website for your policy to familiarise yourself with the policy context. Commonwealth Government of Australia • National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy 2015 (see especially: Health and Well Being and; Disaster Risk Management sections) https://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change/adaptation/publications/national-climate-resilience-and-adaptation-strategy https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/3b44e21e-2a78-4809-87c7-a1386e350c29/files/national-climate-resilience-and-adaptation-strategy.pdf • National Drug Strategy 2017-2026 http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/55E4796388E9EDE5CA25808F00035035/$File/National-Drug-Strategy-2017-2026.pdf • National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Strategy https://lgbtihealth.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/LGBTI_Report_MentalHealthandSuicidePrevention_Final_Low-Res-WEB.pdf • Third Action Plan 2016-2019 of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 2. Produce a Criteria for Analysing Policy (through developing questions based on each week's unit readings) 3. Apply your Criteria for Analysing Policy to your chosen policy (assessing the policy with your questions to determine if the policy is the best we could hope for) 4. Apply a contemporary health promotion framework (such as the Ottawa Charter) to your chosen policy to assess its health promotion capacity.