Final paper: Health Policy Analysis
The Final Project for this course is a research paper. You will write analysis of a public health policy from a topic provided by your instructor. *****State policies to prevent prescription opioid misuse and abuse. Choose one state.**** Be sure to review the required learning resources for more information about the content, voice, and structure of a professional policy analysis. Pay specific attention to the five essential components of a policy analysis: problem statement, background, landscape, options analysis, and recommendation.
The assignment (12–15 pages)
The Final Project for this course is a 12- to 15-page (not including title page and references) research paper, an analysis of a public health policy from a listing provided by your instructor.
Include a title page.
Include section headers for each section, below.
Problem Statement
Background
Landscape
Options Analysis
Recommendation
Include a title page, with name, date, course and section, and title
Include section headers for each section, below.
Problem Statement
Background
Landscape
Options Analysis: evaluate the policy for its impact on public health and health equity
Recommendation: you must include suggestions on advocacy for clinical, social, or economic policies and programs that will result in positive social change and improve health outcomes in a diverse population
Cite the sources in your text, wherever you referred to them.
Include an APA formatted reference list.
Submit your Health Policy Analysis document, and be sure to apply the Walden University Paper template, also provided in this week’s Learning Resources.
Support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.
TOPIC : *****State policies to prevent prescription opioid misuse and abuse. Choose one state.****
Learning Resources
Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2017). Essentials of health policy and law (3rd ed). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Chapter 13, “Public Health Preparedness Policy” (pp. 253–271)
Chapter 14, “The Art of Structuring and Writing a Health Policy Analysis” (pp. 277–290)
https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/news/current.html
https://www.congress.gov/
