Determining an advocacy priority is the first step in engaging in policy change. You must first identify a need, analyze the need, consider the impact of the need, explore the contextual factors, and determine the best policy options before you can enact change.
In this module, you will explore an advocacy issue that you will make a priority for change. You will explore the issue, the need for change, and the factors influencing the issue before you determine the best policy option for the area.
According to Thornton et al. (2016), “Despite improvements in medical care and in disease prevention, health disparities persist and may be increasing for chronic conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer” (p. 1416), but health policy can serve as a form of intervention to address these health disparities. Whether the policy is directed at funding, education, or specific healthcare practices, identifying the health disparities, why they exist, and to whom they impact is a necessary component to improving overall public health.
During the next week, you will explore the how healthcare policy can help to address disparities that impact vulnerable, marginalized, or stigmatized populations. You will continue to explore the population you identified in Week 1 in order to determine a specific policy advocacy priority.
Reference:
Thornton, R. L. J., Glover, C. M., Cené, C. W., Glik, D. C., Henderson, J. A., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Evaluating Strategies For Reducing Health Disparities By Addressing The Social Determinants Of Health. Health (Project Hope), 35(8), 1416–1423. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1357
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Prioritize advocacy priorities for vulnerable, marginalized, or stigmatized populations.
Advocacy Priorities
Advocacy Priorities
Identifying barriers and challenges that impact vulnerable and marginalized groups is an important first step, but advocates cannot stop there. What can be done to address the inequities, the challenges, and the barriers? How might an advocate use policy to enact change?
The Allegory of the Orchard required you to consider the barriers and challenges of specific vulnerable or marginalized populations. In our Week 1 Discussion, you identified a specific population connected to your practice, organization, or experience. This week you will explore that population further by determining a specific advocacy priority for the population.
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
• Review your selected population discussed in the Module 1, Week 1 Discussion: Allegory of the Orchard.
• Review the resources on vulnerable or marginalized populations.
• Consider the factors that create and maintain these populations.
• Reflect on nursing’s relationship with these populations and how this shapes our role in policy advocacy.
Required Resources
Readings
• Dawes, Daniel E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
o Chapter 3, “The Political Determinants of Health Model” (pp. 41-77)
Media
• Get it Right! A Global Health Channel. (2020). How to Understand What Are Vulnerable Groups in Less than 3 MinutesLinks to an external site.? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDRgbI8rsA
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
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• HMS DICP. (2020). Voting, Links to an external site.Health Policy, and Social JusticeLinks to an external site.: Political Determinants of Health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CDLlXSSMc
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 58 minutes.
Links to an external site.
• Malloy, Donald. (2020). Vulnerable Populations in HealthcareLinks to an external site.: Do you Know Who They Are? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h35EQ4Amqto
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
Links to an external site.
• Satcher Health Leadership Institute. (2021). The Political Determinants of Health — Jessica’s StoryLinks to an external site.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMutvgQIcU
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.
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