Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Discussion: Agenda Comparison Grids
Regardless of political affiliation, every citizen has a stake in healthcare policy decisions. Hence, it is little wonder why healthcare items become such high-profile components of presidential agendas. It is also little wonder why they become such hotly debated agenda items.
In Part 1 of this module’s Assignment, you were asked to begin work on an Agenda Comparison Grid to compare the impact of the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidents’ agendas on the healthcare item you selected for study. In this Discussion, you will share your first draft with your colleagues to receive feedback to be applied to your final version.
To Prepare:
- Review the Resources and reflect on the importance of agenda setting.
- Consider how federal agendas promote healthcare issues and how these healthcare issues become agenda priorities.
- Review Part 1 of the Module 1 Assignment and complete the requirements for this Discussion.
By Day 3 of Week 1
Post a draft of the Agenda Comparison Grid you completed for Part 1 of the Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheets or Talking Points Brief Assignment.
By Day 6 of Week 1
Respond to at least two of your colleagues* on two different days and provide a critique on their comparison grids. Suggest at least one feature of your colleagues’ comparison grids that you would revise and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.
*Note: Throughout this program, your fellow students are referred to as colleagues.
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Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.
Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first major piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debate ever since.
As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and/or opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policy and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.
In this Assignment, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.
To Prepare:
- Review the agenda priorities of the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidential administrations.
- Select an issue related to healthcare that was addressed by each of the last three U.S. presidential administrations.
- Reflect on the focus of their respective agendas, including the allocation of financial resources for addressing the healthcare issue you selected.
- Consider how you would communicate the importance of a healthcare issue to a legislator/policymaker or a member of their staff for inclusion on an agenda.
The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-Page Analysis, and 1-page Fact Sheet)
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
Use the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidential administrations and their agendas related to the public health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:
- Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
- Describe the administrative agenda focus related to the issue you selected.
- Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
- Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
(A draft of Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid should be posted to the Module 1 Discussion Board by Day 3 of Week 1.)
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
| Identify the Population Health concern you selected. | The Opioid Crisis
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| Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it. | Wiss (2019) states that a significant contributing factor to the opioid crisis is the overprescribing of opioids. Upon review of the administrative agendas, it is apparent that lack of education surrounding opioid use, barriers to treatment, and illegal drug markets are also factors that contribute to the ongoing opioid crisis.
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| Administration (President Name) | (Current President)
Donald Trump |
(Previous President)
Barack Obama |
(Previous President)
George W. Bush |
| Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents. | President Trump confirmed that the opioid crisis was a public health emergency in October 2017. In 2018, he revealed his Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse; it is a three-part plan aimed at tackling the reasons behind the opioid crisis (Ending America’s Opioid Crisis, n.d.).
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Addressing the opioid crisis was a priority for Obama; evidence-based prevention programs, prescription drug monitoring, prescription drug take-back events, medication-assisted treatment, and utilization of naloxone were interventions implemented to combat the crisis (Office of the Press Secretary, 2016). | Bush’s agenda involved a three-step approach. These steps included; preventing drug use before it starts, treatment for drug users, and disruption of the illegal drug market (ONDCP Fact Sheet: National Drug Control Strategy, 2008). |
| Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue. | – In 2018, the Trump Administration secured $6 billion to fight opioid abuse.
– The Trump Administration has partnered with multiple agencies such as; The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Truth Initiative, Ad Council, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the opioid crisis (Trump, 2018).
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-$1 billion in funding to expand access to treatment
– The DOJ and Health and Human Services (HHS) received $500 million in funds to combat the opioid crisis (Office of the Press Secretary, 2016). |
– $19.2 billion was the budget for drug control. The money was allocated to support Stop Drug Use Before It Starts programs, to increase drug treatment resources, and to disrupt the drug trade market (The President’s National Drug Control Strategy, 2002). |
| Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. | Part 1 of the plan focuses on reducing the need for opioids through education, awareness, and prevention. Additionally, Trump implemented a Safer Prescribing Plan, goals of the plan include; reduction in overprescribing, adoption of best practices related to opioid prescribing, and utilization of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. The objective of Part 2 is to decrease the number of drugs available by cracking down on international and domestic drug supply. President Trump is working to secure borders, ports of entry, and waterways to keep illicit drugs out of the United States. The Trump Administration is also trying to end online opioid sales and increase criminal penalties related to drug dealing and trafficking. The goal of Part 3 is to provide treatment and recovery support services to people who are struggling with addiction. The Administration is working to; help people struggling with addiction return to work, increase access to quality treatment, and provide treatment services to those within the criminal justice system (Trump, 2018).
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The purpose of the $1 billion in funds was to help persons with opioid addiction seek treatment, effectively complete treatment, and maintain recovery. The objective for the money allocated to the DOJ and HHS was to develop additional overdose prevention strategies at the state level, increase accessibility to medication-assisted treatment programs, and make reversal medications more available (Office of the Press Secretary, 2016). | One approach to prevent drug use before it started was the dissemination of educational literature related to diverting and abusing prescription drugs. Parents were encouraged to monitor prescription drugs and to set rules related to drug use. Bush suggested the implementation of non-punitive random student and workplace drug testing programs. The recognition of addiction as a treatable disease led to improved treatment options, delivery, and outcomes. Breaking up illegal drug markets by disrupting trafficking organizations, removing drug labs and grow houses, and confiscating proceeds of the illicit drug trade are suggested tactics to be used by law enforcement to combat illegal drug markets (ONDCP Fact Sheet: National Drug Control Strategy, 2008). |
References
Ending America’s Opioid Crisis. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2020, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids
Office Of The Press Secretary. (2016). President Obama proposes $1.1 billion in new funding to address the prescription opioid abuse and heroin use epidemic. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 30(2), 134–137. doi:10.3109/15360288.2016.1173760
ONDCP Fact Sheet: 2008 National Drug Control Strategy. (2008). Retrieved February 25, 2020, from georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080301-1.html
The President’s National Drug Control Strategy. (2002). Retrieved February 25, 2020, from https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/02/20020212-2.html
Trump, D. J. (2018). President Donald J. Trump’s initiative to stop opioid abuse and reduce drug supply and demand. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-initiative-stop-opioid-abuse-reduce-drug-supply-demand-2/ (Trump, 2018).
Wiss D. A. (2019). A biopsychosocial overview of the opioid crisis: considering nutrition and gastrointestinal health. Frontiers in Public Health, 7, 193. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00193
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 would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
- How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How does it stay there?
- Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents?
Part 3: Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Based on the feedback that you received from your colleagues in the Discussion, revise Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid and Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis.
Then, using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. You can use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to create your Fact Sheet or Talking Point Brief. 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.
By Day 3 of Week 1
Submit a draft of Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to the Module 1 Discussion Board
Considering the feedback you received in the Module 1 Discussion on Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid, revise and further develop Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid and Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis. Consider how the feedback you received might influence your Fact Sheet or Talking Points and revise as necessary.
By Day 7 of Week 2
Submit your final version of Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid, Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis, and Part 3: Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief.
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Learning Resources
Required Readings
Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.).
Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 1, “Informing Public Policy: An Important Role for Registered Nurses” (pp.
11–13 only)
Chapter 2, “Agenda Setting: What Rises to a Policymaker’s Attention?” (pp. 17–36)
Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 171–180)
Chapter 12, “An Insider’s Guide to Engaging in Policy Activities”
o “Creating a Fact Sheet” (pp. 217-221)
DeMarco, R., & Tufts, K. A. (2014). The mechanics of writing a policy brief. Nursing Outlook,
62(3), 219–224. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.04.002
Kingdon, J.W. (2001). A model of agenda-setting with applications. Law Review M.S.U.-D.C.L.,
2(331)
Lamb, G., Newhouse, R., Beverly, C., Toney, D. A., Cropley, S., Weaver, C. A., Kurtzman, E.,
… Peterson, C. (2015). Policy agenda for nurse-led care coordination. Nursing Outlook, 63(4),
521–530. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.003.
O’Rourke, N. C., Crawford, S. L., Morris, N. S., & Pulcini, J. (2017). Political efficacy and
participation of nurse practitioners. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 18(3), 135–148.
doi:10.1177/1527154417728514
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Enhancing Environmental Health Content in Nursing
Practice, Pope, A. M., Snyder, M. A., & Mood, L. H. (Eds.). (n.d.). Nursing health, &
environment: Strengthening the relationship to improve the public's health.
USA.gov. (n.d.). A-Z index of U.S. government departments and agencies. Retrieved September
20, 2018, from https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/a
USA.gov. (n.d.). Executive departments. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from
https://www.usa.gov/executive-departments
The White House. (n.d.). The cabinet. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-trump-administration/the-cabinet/
Document: Agenda Comparison Grid Template (Word document)
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Setting the Agenda [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid-
-Identify a population health concern
-Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
The response clearly and accurately identifies and describes a population health concern.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
The response vaguely identifies and describes a population health concern.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
The response inaccurately identifies and describes a population health concern.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Identification and description of a population health concern is missing or incomplete.
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid-
– Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents.
– Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
– Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)
The response clearly and accurately describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the financial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explains how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
The response vaguely describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the financial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explains how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
The response inaccurately describes the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, the financial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)
The description of the presidential administrations’ focus related to the concern, financial and resource allocation dedicated to the concern, and explanation for how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue is missing.
Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis- Address the following:
-Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
-How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda? How does it stay there?
-Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents?
Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
-The response clearly and accurately identifies an administrative agency most likely to be responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue.
-Response clearly and accurately explains how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there.
– The response clearly and accurately identifies the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
-The response vaguely identifies an administrative agency which may be responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue.
-Response adequately explains how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there.
-Identification of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is vague.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
-Identification of an administrative agency responsible for addressing the selected health care issue is inaccurate.
-Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there is vague or inaccurate.
-Identification of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is inaccurate or does not align with the healthcare issue.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
-Identification of an administrative agency responsible for addressing the selected healthcare issue is missing.
-Explanation of how the healthcare issue gets on the agenda and remains there is vague and inaccurate or is missing.
-Identification of the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue selected is vague and inaccurate or is missing.
Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief – Promoting Agenda Setting for Healthcare Issues:
Based on your Agenda Comparison Grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-page Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief that you could use to communicate with a policy-maker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue.
-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
Points Range: 32 (32%) – 35 (35%)
Creates a well-developed, accurate, and thorough Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief.
The response provides a complete, detailed, and specific synthesis of two outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response fully integrates at least 2 outside resources and 2-3 course specific resources that fully supports the summary provided.
Responses accurately and thoroughly justify in detail the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
Points Range: 28 (28%) – 31 (31%)
Creates an accurate and thorough Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief.
The response provides an accurate synthesis of at least one outside resource reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response integrates at least 1 outside resource and 2-3 course specific resources that may support the summary provided.
Responses accurately justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
Points Range: 25 (25%) – 27 (27%)
Creates a Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief. that is partially accurate or incomplete.
The response provides a vague or inaccurate summary of outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation. The response minimally integrates resources that may support the summary provided.
The responses partially justifies the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 24 (24%)
Creates a poor Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief. that in inaccurate and incomplete or is missing.
The response provides a vague and inaccurate summary of no outside resources reviewed on why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation, or is missing. The response fails to integrate any resources to support the summary provided.
Responses justifying the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues is inaccurate and incomplete or is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:
Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time.
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%- 79% of the time.
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time.
No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided.
Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation
Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Contains several (3-4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.
Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Uses correct APA format with no errors.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Contains a few (1-2) APA format errors.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Contains several (3-4) APA format errors.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors.
Total Points: 100
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