Landscape section for policy analysis
Last week you wrote your Problem Statement and Background on “Improving Individuals’ Access to Affordable Healthcare” for your policy analysis. This week continue to develop your “landscape” section for your policy analysis paper on “improving individuals’ access to affordable healthcare.”
- Create the “landscape section” for your policy analysis topic of “improving individuals access to affordable healthcare.” Refer to box 14-1 on page 284 of the Essential of Health Policy and Law text for questions to help you develop this section. Please do not write a list of questions and answers, but comprehensive paragraphs that answer the most important questions related to your topic.
3 pages
No abstract is needed.
APA format
4 peer-reviewed journal articles (no books).
Reference page
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Book:
Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2017). Essential of health policy and law (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Read pages 282-284 about the “landscape section.”
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Teacher’s introduction this week:
Many of us believe the United States has the best health care system in the world and it should be made available to every citizen. But, as Kronenfeld (2009) explains, “researchers in medical sociology, public health and health services have emphasized for decades that America tolerates extremes of wealth and poverty much greater than most European countries” (p. 4). Moreover, our tolerance of extremes is not just about salary; it also touches the way social and health services are delivered.
Think about all the ways health disparities can occur and what leads to them. Racism, poverty, discrimination, violence, environmental destruction, and faltering education systems are only a few. They are born in individual communities, which means they must be solved through policy implemented in communities (Kennedy, 2013).
Social determinants of health are numerous. Teitelbaum and Wilensky (2017) explain several types, including access to education, medical services, and technology; availability of recreational resources, food, and public safety; and culture, segregation, and transportation. These are areas of great concern, and can lead to policy development in an attempt to improve them. It is possible the policy analysis you chose to create in this class addresses one or more of these areas. In this module, we will discuss policy surrounding health disparities, and you will continue your term project in preparation for Module 8 where you will develop the recommendations section of the policy analysis.
References
Kennedy, B. R. (2013 Winter). Health inequalities: Promoting policy changes in utilizing transformation development by empowering African American communities in reducing health disparities. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 20(4), 155-162.
Kronenfeld, J. J. (2009). Social sources of disparities in health and health care and linkages to policy, population concerns and providers of care. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2017). Essential of health policy and law (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
