Assignment
For this assignment, you should create an approximately 10 minute presentation* that addresses each of the following points:
• Discuss the public health issue that your proposed policy is intended to address. Questions to consider:
o Who does this health issue affect?
o What is the impact of this health issue on the community?
o Why does this health issue need to be addressed?
• Explain the proposed public health policy. Questions to consider:
o Who will be affected by this policy?
o How will this policy address the health issue?
o What will change by enacting this policy?
• Evaluate the impacts of the proposed policy. Questions to consider:
o What are the costs and benefits of the policy?
o What are the risks of enacting or not enacting the policy?
o How will the lives of people who are affected by the health issue change if this policy is enacted?
• Create an influential presentation that affects voting behaviors of legislators. Questions to consider:
o What information about this policy would potentially affect the voting behavior of legislators from across the political spectrum (eg. conservative, moderate, liberal, progressive; particularly those who might not support the policy based on political orientation)?
o What are the most important messages that legislators need to hear about this policy?
o How would the constituents of the legislators voting for this policy feel about this policy and a legislator who votes for it?
o What information would a legislator need to "sell" the policy to consitutents who were perhaps not in favor of adopting the policy?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.