Capella University Health Care and Global Health Policies Case Study

Capella University Health Care and Global Health Policies Case Study

Question Description
Part I

Part A

Field Experience Case Study Paper 20-25 pages and 5-10 references

In this assignment, you will develop a paper by synthesizing and analyzing the individual papers.

Required components of the group paper include the following:

I. Country (identified site) case study:

Political or governance structure with analysis of current policies impacting health.
Socioeconomic status, including the Gini index.
Demographic profile.
Major health issues analysis, including the burden of disease.
An analysis of the Social Determinants of Health, including ethical considerations.
II. Field experience preparation:

Identification of field experience project: provide supporting rationale. Include justification of need, role of group members, and the sponsoring agency.
Cultural competency: Identify primary cultural mores and cross-cultural communication issues. Include specific recommended approaches for demonstrating cultural competency during field experience.
Sustainability: Identify specific strategies to promote sustainability of field experience project including 1) the identification of potential local partners, and 2) potential global health policy impacts in the next 5–10 years.
Maintain social accountability: Specify a system that will be used for tracking and sustaining commitments to the community and customers.
Specify evaluation criteria to measure effectiveness of the completed field experience.
Finally, discuss what strategies you might use for assembling coalitions and build support for the specific policy or change positions.
Complete the 360 Feedback Form in the Resources and email directly to your instructor.

Writing Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Number of resources: Minimum of 5–10 resources
Page length: 20–25 pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Part B

Leadership in Global Health Policy – 3 pages, 2 references

As you consider the significance of high-risk groups in global health policy, how do you view your role as a health care leader? Review the NCHL Health Leadership Competency Model (Calhoun et al., 2008) and discuss how you would relate at least one competency from each domain to the role of the health care leader in global policy development. Use examples from your study high risk groups and other global health priorities discussed in the course to demonstrate the domain competency.

Part C

Global Health Policy and the Future – 3 Pages, 2 references

Select one organization (an NGO or governmental organization) that provides volunteer opportunities for global health field experience. Summarize the mission, volunteer requirements, and type and length of field experience available. Analyze the process used by the organization to develop volunteer competency for the field experience and the role of the program in influencing future global health policy (provide an example). Include the web link for your selected organization.

Part D

Policy Conflicts – 3 pages, 2 references

As you begin working on this week’s assignment, it will be helpful to examine the diverse stakeholders, each with their own perspectives and agendas, who influence and set U.S. health care policy.

Describe the major actors in setting U.S. health care policy.
Explain how each of these actors may have influenced the development of the legislation you chose as the focus of your investigation for the course assignments.
Describe the inherent conflicts and how the legislative process may have addressed any disagreements.
Analyze Key Issues Transforming Health Care (linked in Resources) to determine which possible trends would most affect the area your legislation addresses.
Part II

Presenting Policy Recommendations 16 -23 pages with 3-5 references

Professional Context

Health care leaders must be able to analyze collected literature, assess the market, and determine how specific laws affect their organization. They must also be able to examine the outcomes and impact of legislation and find ways to advocate for change. Advocacy depends upon a solid analysis and recommendations based on research.

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to present your investigation conclusions, findings, recommendations, and possible future trends related to the legislation.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Evaluate significant federal and state legislation that affects the scope of, access to, availability of, and reimbursement for health care services.
Draw evidence-based conclusions about how health care policy processes affect the provision of health care services.
Evaluate the combined effects of social, economic, ethical, legal, and political forces on health care.
Explain the extent to which social, economic, ethical, legal, and political forces shape U.S. health care.
Recommend possible initiatives available to address current gaps in health care policy.
Present evidence for health care policy gaps and your recommendations for policy initiatives to close those gaps.
Communicate effectively, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Support main points, conclusions, and recommendations with credible evidence from peer-reviewed sources.
Scenario

Your work on the health care think tank research paper is concluding. You have been asked to complete all your work and deliver your final research paper by the end of the week. To tie all your work together, you must draft your conclusions and the final recommendations that you will make to the board. Keep in mind that the think tank may share your research with other health care entities, professionals, policy makers, and organizations. Be sure to provide a solid recap of your analysis, possible gaps, conclusions, and recommendations to address gaps or create stronger legislation soon. In addition, consider possible limitations that could interfere with future improvements.

Instructions

Refine the first three sections of your research paper that you completed. Then present your conclusions, findings, and recommendations with a section on possible future trends related to your chosen legislation.

Add a 200-word abstract to your paper.

Assignment Format and Length

Format your research paper using APA style. You are encouraged to be creative in presenting your work as appropriate for your topic, including self-designed graphs, tables, and figures. Do not use any material copied directly from other works.

Use the APA Style to format your paper. Organize your paper as follows:

Title page.
Abstract.
Introduction: Choosing a Health Care Law to Investigate.
Literature Review:Reviewing the Literature.
Analysis:Analyzing the Impact of Health Care Legislation
Conclusion and Recommendations (3–5 pages):
Findings from the literature.
Conclusions from the literature and your analysis.
Possible future trends related to your chosen legislation.
Recommendations for future policy or legislation changes.
References page.
Your final paper should comprise 16–23 pages of content (text and supporting graphs, tables, or figures) plus title, abstract, and references pages.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your conclusions, recommendations, and forecasted trends.

Evaluation

The following assignment requirements correspond to the assignment scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Draw evidence-based conclusions about how health care policy processes affect the provision of health care services.
What are the implications of current policy and legislation for health care?
Present evidence for health care policy gaps and your recommendations for policy initiatives to close those gaps.
What do future legislative or policy trends do you see emerging in U.S. health care?
Explain the extent to which social, economic, ethical, legal, and political forces shape U.S. health care.
What evidence supports your conclusions?
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
Support main points, conclusions, and recommendations with credible evidence from peer-reviewed sources.
Be sure to apply correct APA formatting to source citations and references.
Part B

Future Trends and Recommendations 3 pages, 2 references.

Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements for initial discussion posts and responses addressed in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Expectations message.

In two to three paragraphs, describe the analysis and outcomes of your course-long investigation of health care legislation. Include your original research question followed by your succinct findings.

As the think tank health policy analyst, recommend for health policy makers at least two changes or improvements to the health care legislation you have examined.

 

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.