Public health policy

Public health policy Order Description Policy Analysis Project The�Public Health Policy Analysis Project is a three part assignment: Part 1 - Bill choice: you will find a bill that is making its way through California legislature that you will examine and use for your final policy analysis after instructor approval. Part 2 - Detailed outline: once your bill has been approved (part 1) you will continue doing research on the bill, including researching various types of external sources. This detailed outline will help you organized your research, your analysis, and help you with your final policy analysis. Part 3 - Final policy analysis: this is you final polished paper that fulfills all the requirements from the assignment instructions. Part 1 - Bill choice Submit your bill choice for instructor approval. Turn in a typed, hard copy and a digitally copy on Moodle. Include a cover page, a running head, a reference page. Write in a formal tone, and proofread your work, follow general APA formatting. HARD COPY ONLY: you may omit the cover page and separate reference page to reduce paper use. Read through the policy analysis assignment instructions (part 3), the one due finals week. Using information from the instructions, as well as from the library session, select a bill in response to a perceived public health problem. This may take some time as you make sure you can address the requirements for the assignment when choosing a bill. As you search for an appropriate bill answer the following. Do not include any of this information in your submission. 1. Does the bill text provide enough information to complete a policy brief? 2. Does the bill begin with SB (senate bill) or AB (assembly bill)? 3. When was the bill first presented to the CALIFORNIA legislature? Is it an active bill (that is, it hasn�t died or passed)? 4. Are there bill analyses files under the bill analysis tab? How many bill analyses files are included? Do they include information on existing law linked to the policy? Are there sections on groups that promote and oppose the bill? If you answer �no� to any of the yes/no question, you very likely do not have a bill that will allow you to successfully complete the policy analysis paper. It is your responsibility to research your bill choice carefully when submitting this assignment. I highly recommend you review the final policy analysis instructions again in order to ensure you can do a complete analysis of the policy. � Your submission needs to include 1-��� Title your assignment with the name of the bill (e.g. AB-1829 Schools: school meals: nutritional information) 2-��� Include a URL for bill at the very beginning of the body section (e.g. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml? bill_id=201120120AB1829&search_keywords=child+obesity)� 3-��� Write 1-2 short paragraphs that describe the public health problem. Provide some general statistical evidence about the health problem. Include any questions you intend to answer in your paper. You should also write about why you chose the bill and the particular health topic, in addition their importance. 4-��� Reference section in APA format. Include three sources, including the bill, one scholarly source (excluding the textbook), and one data source. The three sources must be cited in your 1-2 paragraphs.� Citing the bill: In-text bill citation (title of the bill, year) Reference section: bill title, bill number. Assembly or Senate bill. Reg Session. 2013-2014 (CA 2013) Part 2 � Detailed Outline You will create a detailed outline for your bill analysis paper in APA format and style. �Create a detailed, full-sentence outline using the following or similar alphanumeric system to help organize your paper and your analysis (example below). As you develop the final version of the paper, usually a fleshed out version of a well-prepared detailed outline, use the APA header system and eliminated the alphanumeric system used for this assignment. A full sentence outline needs to be accompanied with an APA reference section. Include in-text citations and reference entries using APA guidelines. You may have a few points with missing sources, or a point where you are still analyzing the sources. This is fine, but make note of it. The outline includes the following sections (details on what to include or questions to answer can be found in the final bill analysis paper instructions accessible through Moodle). 1. Abstract if you hare far enough into your analysis discuss the specific of what is included in the final paper. Some sections of the abstract will likely be general at this stage. This should be one of the last sections you prepare. 2. Introduction to the health problem. Remember there is no �Introduction� header in APA. Prepare this section once you have completed sections 3-6 3. Cause and severity of the health problem 4. Overview of the bill and stakeholders 5. Promoters review the bill analysis files, contact the author(s) of the bill, check out local news sources (I suggest ProQuest Newsstand database with appropriate filters). Perform Internet searches on groups listed or mentioned in the files, websites, and articles reviewed above. 6. Opposing groups review the bill analysis files, contact the author(s) of the bill, check out local news sources (I suggest ProQuest Newsstand database with appropriate filters). Perform Internet searches on groups listed or mentioned in the files, websites, and articles reviewed above. 7. Recommendations and final analysis 8. Conclusion summarize your analysis. This should be one of the last sections you prepare. 9. Reference section. If you entries that are not integrated in the outline yet, please include the value of the reference to your bill analysis right below the entry. Detailed, full sentence outline example: I.�������������� Introduction: Man-made pollution is the primary cause of global warming ��������������� A.����������� Greenhouse gas emissions are widely identified by the scientific community to be harmful. ������������������������������ 1.������������� The burning of coal and fossil fuels are the primary releasers of hazardous greenhouse gases (author, year). Part 3 � Final Policy Analysis � California maintains a website https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ that follows proposed bills throughout the legislative process. Students will identify one key piece of legislation that is currently making its way through a state legislative process in California (session 2015-2016), but that has not yet passed or been enacted (click on the bill information button on website above). Students will select a bill (subject to instructor approval) that has been proposed in response to a perceived public health problem and write a 7-9 page paper in APA format and style The paper will include the following sections (use APA headers in your final paper): 1 Abstract (20 points): Provide a 150-250 word abstract as a single paragraph without paragraph indention. This is a concise summary of the key points of your analysis (not the bill or health problem). It allows readers to quickly glance at the main purpose of each section of your paper. It should contain the health problem, what is the policy chosen and what it is trying to achieve, the general opposing and supporting groups, recommendations, final analysis and conclusions. You may also include possible implications of your research and future work you see connected with your analysis. Your abstract should be a single paragraph double-spaced. You may also want to list keywords from your paper in your abstract. To do this, indent as you would if you were starting a new paragraph, type Keywords: (italicized), and then list your keywords. Listing your keywords will help researchers find your work in databases. � 2 Introduction to the health problem (15 points): Create an overview of the public health problem to be addressed. Here you can include some very general statistics to lay the foundation of your policy analysis. � 3 The severity of health problem (20 points): Discuss the severity of the problem, number of people affected by the problem and the proposed bill. Present and discuss more detailed numbers here. Discuss the research behind the health problem (for example, is there a wide range of finding regarding its severity and how to best deal with it? Are there significant gaps in the research on the health problem?) What would realistically happen if no intervention was implemented? Cite all references to the literature as required. � 4 Overview of the bill and stakeholders (15 points): Create an overview of the proposed bill in terms of its specific provisions. Do not just discuss what the promoters promise it will accomplish. Make sure to read the fine print and see exactly what the bill will do. Describe who the stakeholders are that are affected in any way by this bill. Do not simply paraphrase or list elements of the bill here. � 5 Promoters (20 points): Discuss who the promoters of the bill are. Describe what the promoters of the bill believe that the bill will accomplish. Make sure to identify and discuss what specific health outcomes will occur according to the promoters if the bill is passed. � 6 Opposing groups (20 points): Describe which individuals and/or groups are opposed to the bill. Delineate what are their issues with it. Research special interest groups, such as professional trade associations and industry groups to see what type of lobbying efforts are being made with respect to the bill. � 7 Recommendations and final analysis (20 points): Describe your recommendations based on your research and analysis of the bill; this is not the place to state personal opinion or beliefs. Discuss potential unintended outcomes or results in this section that could have a negative impact if the bill passes. Substantiate your position with the facts and with support from the class readings, other relevant material discussed in class, as well as outside references. � 8 Conclusion (10 points): Here you will wrap up what you have been discussing in your analysis above. After moving from general to specific information in the introduction and body paragraphs, your conclusion should begin pulling back into more general information that restates the main points of the health problem and how the bill addresses this particular problem. � 9 Mechanics (10 points): readability, English usage, adherence to APA style (title page, abstract, body with specific headers, etc.). The reference section needs to include at least 10 quality sources that are appropriate for the specific section (for example, you will need reputable data sources for the severity section). *