Assignment Task: Agenda Comparison Grid
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the previous president, and their agendas related Abortions/ contraception rights
Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected.
Abortion
Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Biden VS Trump
Identify the allocation of resources that the presidents dedicated to this issue.
Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis
Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template, by addressing the following:
Which administrative agency (like HHS, CDC, FDA, OHSA) would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected and why is this agency the most helpful for the issue?
How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the presidential agenda? How does it stay there?
An entrepreneur/champion/sponsor helps to move the issue forward. Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor (this can be a celebrity, a legislator, an agency director, or others) of the healthcare issue you selected and why would this person be a good entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor? An example is Michael J. Fox is champion for Parkinson's disease.
Part 3: Fact Sheet
Using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a fact sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. Be sure to address the following:
Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
Using references:
Stephenson, J. (2021). New Rule Reverses Trump Ban on Abortion Referrals by Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics. JAMA Health Forum, 2(10), e213935-e213935.
Tanne, J. (2024). Biden vows to protect reproductive rights and lower drug prices in state of the union speech. BMJ : British Medical Journal (Online), 384
Tanne, J. (2024). US states that ban abortion have had nearly 65 000 pregnancies from rape, data show. BMJ (Online), 384, q223-q223.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2019). Fact Sheet: Final Title X Rule Detailing Family Planning Grant Program Retrieved 2024