{"id":18479,"date":"2023-05-03T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/policy-brief-and-process-paper-on-urban-food-environment-and-how-it-affects-health\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:35:06","slug":"policy-brief-and-process-paper-on-urban-food-environment-and-how-it-affects-health","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/policy-brief-and-process-paper-on-urban-food-environment-and-how-it-affects-health\/","title":{"rendered":"policy brief and process paper on Urban food environment and how it affects health"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each individual student will create a policy brief on<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">an urban health<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b>issue directed to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">decision-makers at local, state, or federal levels<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b>using concepts, ideas, or information from the course (<b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">25 points)<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Beginning Your Policy Brief: Use these questions to begin thinking about your policy brief\u201fs purpose, audience, and contribution:\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What problem will your brief address?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Who is the audience?\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Why is the problem important to them?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What do you know about the audience (e.g., technical knowledge, political or organizational culture or constraints, exposure to the issue, potential openness to the message)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What other policy or issue briefs already exist? How will your brief differ (e.g., different information, perspective, aim, or audience)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Format:\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title<\/b>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Needs to be descriptive &amp; catch attention of the reader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Aim of Brief and Definition\/Significance of the Problem<\/b>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Includes the aim of the policy brief<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Includes clear definition of the problem or issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Includes discussion of key background information needed to support importance of problem and why status quo is not acceptable<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Can include graph or figures if appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Policy Recommendation<\/b>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss key information needed to support policy recommendation as best solution<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review &amp; refutation of major policy alternatives (optional)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The nature of the policy issue and policy landscape will determine the need for discussion of policy alternative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclusion<\/b>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Why recommended policy is best solution to problem<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This is your 2-4 sentence \u201ctake home message\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cite References<\/b>, using consistent formatting, as necessary to document the data sources used to build your case. You should include a minimum of 8 references for your brief.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Policy briefs should be no more than 4 pages in length, ideally, 2 pages or less. Layout, font, etc., are entirely up to your discretion based on the format that you think is most appropriate.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Putting this together should be guided by: a clear sense of your problem\/issue definition, knowing \u201cwhat success looks like,\u201d a well-defined audience, and a clear understanding of both the political and policy context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submit<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a separate document (1-3 paragraphs)<\/b>, detailing the following<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(5 points)<\/b>:\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Why you chose this issue<\/b>: its importance to you<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Background<\/b>: how you researched issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Next steps<\/b>: what are your plans regarding using the policy brief in actuality or what you learned about how to move forward with this issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What you learned<\/b>: both about the issue and about the process\u2014include successes and challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each individual student will create a policy brief on&nbsp;an urban health&nbsp;issue directed to&nbsp;decision-makers at local, state, or federal levels&nbsp;using concepts, ideas, or information from the course (25 points). Beginning Your Policy Brief: Use these questions to begin thinking about your policy brief\u201fs purpose, audience, and contribution: What problem will your brief address? 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