The session-long project will involve an in-depth study of a governmental role/program in public health.
THE LEGAL SYSTEM/FRAMING ISSUES OF PUBLIC HEALTH, LAW AND POLICY
The session-long project will involve an in-depth study of a governmental role/program in public health. Your project will involve identifying responsible governmental agencies, describing current challenges and potential impact, proposing a public health policy, research pertinent laws, evaluate the ethical principles of laws/policies, financial impact, and sources of funding.
Select a governmental role/responsibility in public health for your SLP project. Describe the governmental role/responsibility. Identify the agencies responsible at federal, state, and local government level.
Describe the current challenges and potential impact of these challenges to public health (related to the item you selected in #1)
Describe the goal of the proposed policy
What is the supporting evidence for implementing this policy?
How is this policy to be achieved?
Who is this policy intended to help?
Which agencies will implement this policy?
How cost-effective do you expect this policy to be?
How well do you anticipate this policy will be accepted, given the priorities, culture, values, and political climate?
What are your strategies for overcoming barriers in implementing the policy?
In-text citations and references: Be sure that all information and ideas in your papers are supported by in-text citations and corresponding
references at the end of the paper.
Scholarly sources: At least two references must be included from academic sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles) and include required readings. Online sources must be limited to credible professional and scholarly publications such as peer-reviewed journal articles, e-books, or specific Web pages on websites from a university, government, or nonprofit organization (these have extensions .edu, .gov, or .org). Presenting consumer sources such as e-magazines, newspapers, Wikipedia, WebMD, or other commercial websites (these have extensions .com) as references is not appropriate.
Required Reading
Burris, S., Ashe, M., Levin, D., Penn, M., & Larkin, M. (2016). A transdisciplinary approach to public health law: The emerging practice of legal epidemiology. SSRN, 37, 135-148. Retrieved from https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021841
Hagedorn, J., Paras, C. A., Greenwich, H., & Hagopian, A. (2016). The role of labor unions in creating working conditions that promote public health. American journal of public health, 106(6), 989-995. Available via Trident Online Library.
Hunt, P. (2012). Health and well-being: The role of government. Public Health, 126(1) S19-S23. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Law, C. (2010). Will our children be healthy adults? Applying science to public health policy. Clinical Medicine, 10(6) 595-599. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Lynn, J., Oppenheimer, S., & Zimmer, L. (2014). Using public policy to improve outcomes for asthmatic children in schools. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 134(6), 1238-1244. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Parkhurst, J. (2016). The politics of evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis. Available in the Trident Online Library.
van de Goor, I., Hämäläinen, R.-M., Syed, A., Juel Lau, C., Sandu, P., Spitters, H., … Aro, A. R. (2017). Determinants of evidence use in public health policy making: Results from a study across six EU countries. Health Policy, 121(3), 273-281. Available in the Trident Online Library.
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