Discussion: NURS 6050 Policy and Advocacy
Discussion: NURS 6050 Policy and Advocacy
Question
NURS6050/NRSE6050/NURS5050 Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population
Health
Week 1 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.
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To Prepare:
Review the Resources
and reflect on the importance of agenda setting.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined SDOH as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age (WHO, 2012). SDOH are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global and national levels. These SDOH are mostly responsible for health inequities, or the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries (WHO, 2012). SDOH include a number of factors such as socioeconomic status (SES), employment, housing, food security, transportation, education, as well as social support and the physical environment. There is substantial evidence to demonstrate an unequivocal link between social disadvantage and poor health. In fact, several researchers have reported that as much as 80% of health outcomes are attributable to social determinants (Magnan, 2017; Singh et al., 2015; 2017).
In this respect, SDOH are what Braveman and Gottlieb (2014) defined as “the causes of the causes” of disease, illness and health inequalities. The causes of the causes, or the root cause of disease, illness, and health inequities, have direct implications for nursing as a professional practice discipline. Today, the majority of nursing practice interactions and encounters occur within the context of nurses caring for individuals and their families. Nurses’ face-to-face interactions are ‘downstream,’ as opposed to ‘upstream’ encounters
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.