{"id":9811,"date":"2023-03-21T13:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T13:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-health-policy-issue-that-matters-to-you-to-do-this-think-about-a-friend-family-member-that-has-had-a-health-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T13:19:37","slug":"a-health-policy-issue-that-matters-to-you-to-do-this-think-about-a-friend-family-member-that-has-had-a-health-issue","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-health-policy-issue-that-matters-to-you-to-do-this-think-about-a-friend-family-member-that-has-had-a-health-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"a health policy issue that matters to you. To do this, think about a friend\/family member that has\/had a health issue."},"content":{"rendered":"
Tap into a health policy issue that matters to you. To do this, think about a friend\/family member that has\/had a health issue.\n<\/div>\n
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 What barriers exist for that person as they try to lead a healthy life? Or, what helps that person to lead a healthy life?\n<\/div>\n
 What policies are responsible for those barriers or facilitators? Choose one of these.\n<\/div>\n
All policies are developed at particular points in time, in specific social, political, and economic environments.\n<\/div>\n
In this paper, describe the history and background of the health policy you have chosen, using the following prompts as a guide. Briefly describe the health issue\/problem that your policy was designed to address. When and\n<\/div>\n
 how was your policy developed?\n<\/div>\n
Why did it come about at that time?\n<\/div>\n
How (if at all) has it changed over time and why (consider possible political, social and\/or economic circumstances)?\n<\/div>\n
How have those changes affected the population(s) you are interested in?\n<\/div>\n
Conclude with a brief description of the present-day policy.\n<\/div>\n
This paper should be ~6 pages, double spaced, 12-point font, including citations and a reference page in APA format. Please use at least 6 references from reputable news sources, including, but not limited to, peer-reviewed academic articles, policy briefs, articles from the reputable news sources listed on our Blackboard site, and historical accounts (books, documentaries, etc.).\n<\/div>\n
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Please see the attached rubric for more guidance on how to meet (and, hopefully, exceed!) competency on the various parts of this paper.\n<\/div>\n
Criteria\tExceptional (Competent and Good, plus the following criteria)\tGood (Competent + the following criteria)\tgrid.column2.label\tDeveloping\tNot Present\tCriterion Score\n<\/div>\n
Nature of the problem that the policy was originally designed to address\t12.5 points\n<\/div>\n
Urgency of problem is well communicated; data to support claims comes from peer-reviewed and\/or governmental research studies; thoughtful link between this social problem and others.\t11.25 points\n<\/div>\n
Problem is clearly defined and relevant to social work; some discussion of how this problem is related to other social problems of the time.\t10 points\n<\/div>\n
Problem is defined, including where and how people were affected; some data is provided to give a sense of pervasiveness of problem, with citations.\t8.75 points\n<\/div>\n
Problem is not well-defined; there is no data to give a sense of how pervasive the problem is; general discussion of how people were affected by the problem\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
Nature of problem not discussed.\tScore of Nature of the problem that the policy was originally designed to address,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 12.5\n<\/div>\n
Genesis of the policy\t12.5 points\n<\/div>\n
Detailed description of all of the following 4 criteria: who, when, why, OR how the policy originated, with relevant citations.Social, political, and\/or economic factors are thoughtfully addressed.\t11.25 points\n<\/div>\n
Description of 3 of the following 4 criteria: who, when, why, OR how the policy originated, with relevant citations.Social, political, and\/or economic factors are addressed.\t10 points\n<\/div>\n
Description of 2 of the following 4 criteria: who, when, why, OR how the policy originated, with relevant citations.\t8.75 points\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of one of the following four criteria: who, when, why OR how the policy originated.\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
No discussion about the origins of the policy.\tScore of Genesis of the policy,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 12.5\n<\/div>\n
Content of the original policy\t35 points\n<\/div>\n
Detailed description of all aspects of the policy’s content. The connection between the policy’s content and the problem is strong.\t31.5 points\n<\/div>\n
Clear description of all aspects of the policy’s content. The connection between the policy’s content and the problem is clear.\t28 points\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of the policy’s content. Most of the description is clear, with some unclear parts. The connection between the policy’s content and the problem is uneven.\t24.5 points\n<\/div>\n
Cursory description of the content of the original policy; Aspects of the description are unclear. The connection between the policy’s content and the problem is not clear.\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
No description of the content of the original policy.\tScore of Content of the original policy,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 35\n<\/div>\n
How and why policy has (or hasn’t) changed over time\t20 points\n<\/div>\n
Detailed, clear description of how and why the policy has (or hasn’t) changed over time. Strong discussion of the political, social, and\/or economic reasons why the changes have (or haven’t) occurred.\t18 points\n<\/div>\n
Clear description of how and why the policy has (or hasn’t) changed over time. There is attention to the political, social, and\/or economic reasons why the changes have (or haven’t) occurred.\t16 points\n<\/div>\n
Description of how and why the policy has (or hasn’t) changed over time is mostly clear, with some unclear parts. There is brief attention to the political, social, and\/or economic reasons why the changes have (or haven’t) occurred.\t14 points\n<\/div>\n
Cursory description of the changes that the policy has gone through over time. Or, if there haven’t been any changes, cursory discussion of why this is so.\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
No description of how and why the policy has changed over time.\tScore of How and why policy has (or hasn’t) changed over time,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 20\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of present policy\t10 points\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of the present policy is clear and flows well from the rest fo the paper.\t9 points\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of the present policy is clear.\t8 points\n<\/div>\n
Brief description of the present policy is mostly clear, with some unclear parts.\t7 points\n<\/div>\n
Present policy is referred to, but there is little to no discussion of the content of the policy.\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
No description of the present policy.\tScore of Brief description of present policy,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 10\n<\/div>\n
Writing mechanics\t10 points\n<\/div>\n
There are no errors in grammar and\/or spelling. It flows well and provides a really interesting history of the policy you have chosen.\t9 points\n<\/div>\n
There are 1-2 grammatical and\/or spelling errors. It is a pleasure to read. Citations are used (APA style) to indicate where all of the evidence came from. A list of References (APA) is included at the end of the paper.\t8 points\n<\/div>\n
There are between 3-5 grammatical and\/or spelling errors. Citations are used (APA style) to indicate where most of the evidence came from. A list of References (APA) is included at the end of the paper.\t7 points\n<\/div>\n
There are more than 5 grammatical and\/or spelling errors. When evidence is mentioned, there is no way to know where the information came from.\t0 points\n<\/div>\n
Filled with grammatical, spelling, and\/or other errors that make the it difficult to understand the content.\tScore of Writing mechanics,\n<\/div>\n
\/ 10\n<\/div>\n
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Overall Score\n<\/div>\n
Exceptional (Competent and Good, plus the following criteria)\n<\/div>\n
95 points minimum\n<\/div>\n
Good (Competent + the following criteria)\n<\/div>\n
85 points minimum\n<\/div>\n
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75 points minimum\n<\/div>\n
Developing\n<\/div>\n
35 points minimum\n<\/div>\n
Not Present\n<\/div>\n
0 points minimum\n<\/div>\n
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Tap into a health policy issue that matters to you. To do this, think about a friend\/family member that has\/had a health issue.  What barriers exist for that person as they try to lead a healthy life? Or, what helps that person to lead a healthy life?  What policies are responsible for those barriers or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[852],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9811"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9811"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}