Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
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Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
Use this Agenda Comparison Grid to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected and the presidential agendas. By completing this grid, you will develop a more in depth understanding of your selected issue and how you might position it politically based on the presidential agendas.
You will use the information in the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your Assignment.
Identify the Population Health concern you selected. Obesity
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it. Obesity is normally described as having excessive weight for a given age of an individual. Obesity is measured using the Body Mass index a screening tool. This illness is correlated with various conditions as well as illnesses referred to as cardiovascular diseases, which are a class of diseases that involve heart or blood vessels, they include, coronary artery disease, angina and myocardial infraction, stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease among others. Obesity is indicated through high values of Body Mass Index. This directly exposes the patient to various types of illnesses as noted above. Obesity has been found to have a direct correlation with depression as well (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). Clinical depression in turn also leads to a higher chance of obesity development. This illness is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, which is increasing at a faster rate among children and adults. Though it was perceived to be a sign of wealth and fertility at a past time in history, it is much stigmatized in the modern world as it more prevalent in women than in men. There have been plenty of contributing factors but they are not necessarily a direct implication, they include factors such as socioeconomic status, culture as well as physical activity.
Administration (President Name) Donald J. Trump Barack H. Obama George W. Bush
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents. • The outgoing administration of president trump, had released a proclamation so as to encourage All Americans to develop and maintain physical fitness plan so as to help them achieve their fitness goals and achieve a healthier overall lifestyle (The White house, 2018). This reinforces the importance of exercise and outdoor activities in alleviation of preventable diseases.
• The statement goes further to encourage each and every American to find a sport or to adopt an exercise routine that helps them become more active and healthier to reap the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
• The unique initiative under president Obama was the let’s move campaign led by first lady Mitchell Obama. The objective of the campaign was to reduce childhood obesity rates and encouraging healthy lifestyle in children. The initiative had the mission to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight.
• The aims of the program were to equip parents and guardian’s helpful information as well as fostering environments that facilitate healthy choices. Providing healthier foods in schools and institutions of learning in communities. Further ensuring each family has access healthy and affordable food. This will go a long way in assisting kids to be more physically active. Under President Bush, The Healthier United States was launched which focused on assisting Americans take steps to improve their personal health and fitness and encourages all Americans to be physically active on a daily basis, have a nutritious diet, get preventative screenings as well as making healthy choices (The White House, 2003).
Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue. • The trump administration set aside $500 million United States Health Block grant, which will equip different states to put in place specific interventions that address leading mortality cases that are facing specific populations. This could include interventions to that could enhance the nutrition of children and adolescents as well as the treatment of causes of death such as heart disease.
• The Obama Administration in its federal 2011 federal year budget, announced a new Healthy Food Financing initiative. This is going to be a partnership between the United States Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Human Services that will invest $ 400 million every year to assist in bringing grocery stores to underserved areas and assist places such as bodega’s and convenient stores carry healthier food options.
• Included in the 2011 federal year budget is an additional $ 5 million dollars investment in the farmers market promotion program through the U.S department of Agriculture which provides grants in the establishments and improvement of farmers’ market • In the year 2004, Healthier United States grant totaled to $ 35.7 million dollars which was an increase from the previous year’s twenty-two programs which awarded grants from this budget allocation. This saw an increase of ten programs.
• The previous year’s twelve programs that received grants in 2003 saw their grant allocations increase in the following year and many doubled their funding from their previous year. (Infection control Today, 2004)
Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue. President Trump proclaimed May 2017, 2018 and 2019 as National physical fitness and sports month (The White House)
The Obama administration launched the Let’s Move! Campaign in 2010. It was a program spearheaded by the first lady at the time, Michelle Obama (The White House, 2010). The bush administration launched the Healthier US program in 2002.
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis
Using the information, you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid, complete the following to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected
Administration (President Name) Donald J. Trump Barack H. Obama George W. Bush
Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
The agency at the forefront of addressing the obesity epidemic during the Trump administration is The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
During the Obama administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods reflecting the latest science, the most relevant nutrition information, and a refreshed design in an effort to provide families with the information they need to make healthy choices.” (Let’s Move!, 2010). During the Bush administration, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two articles on Obesity prevention in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Therefore, I would trust the HHS with this issue during the Bush administration.
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? President Trump does not appear to consider Obesity to be a major problem. His administration mostly pays lip service to the problem and the president himself is known to be a lover of fast food. Therefore, for the problem to gain traction in this current administration would require a top-down change of attitude from the President all the way down. Obesity was a major initiative during the Obama administration, especially with the Let’s Move! Program spearheaded by Michelle Obama. So, the issue was on the administrative agenda for the administration and stayed there for the duration of the administration. With the Healthier US initiative, the Bush administration took steps to combat Obesity in the country. The issue was a part of the administrative agenda, but could have received more support from the administration with a declaration of a national emergency that would ensure that the issue remained at the forefront of the Bush administrative agenda.
Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents? The issue has not received enough attention during the Trump Administration. But if I were to choose someone in the Trump administration to champion the issue of obesity, then it would be Ivanka Trump as she is a special adviser to the president and also known to be a favorite of his. Michelle Obama led and championed the Let’s Move! Initiative during the Obama administration and would be the natural choice to sponsor the initiative. President Bush’s council on physical fitness and sports is “chaired by Lynn Swann, and vice-chaired by Dot Richardson, the Council will coordinate its activities with Federal, state, and private entities to serve communities across the country more effectively” (United States of America Embassy, 2002). So, I would have chosen Lynn Swann to champion the fight against obesity in the Bush administration.
PART 3: NARRATIVE
Obesity is normally described as having excessive weight for a given age of an individual. Obesity is measured using the Body Mass index a screening tool. This illness is correlated with various conditions as well as illnesses referred to as cardiovascular diseases, which are a class of diseases that involve heart or blood vessels, they include, coronary artery disease, angina and myocardial infraction, stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease among others. Obesity is indicated through high values of Body Mass Index. This directly exposes the patient to various types of illnesses as noted above. Obesity has been found to have a direct correlation with depression as well (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). Clinical depression in turn also leads to a higher chance of obesity development. This illness is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, which is increasing at a faster rate among children and adults.
Though it was perceived to be a sign of wealth and fertility at a past time in history, it is much stigmatized in the modern world as it more prevalent in women than in men. There have been plenty of contributing factors but they are not necessarily a direct implication, they include factors such as socioeconomic status, culture as well as physical activity. This outlines the importance of the narrative. A nurse practitioner is vital in providing the essential information in making the lives of patients better. In various community-based organizations as well as helth promotion activities carried out by healthcare institutions, nurses play a huge role in facilitating the necessary tools for ascertaining the weight of the patients as well as information necessary for keeping a healthy lifestyle.
References
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). Defining Adult Overweight and Obesity. Retrieved February 25, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Adult Obesity Facts. Retrieved February 25, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Infection Control Today. (2004). HHS Awards $35.7 Million to Support Community Programs That Promote Better Health and Prevent Disease. Retrieved from https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/guidelines/hhs-awards-357-million-support-community-programs-promote-better-health-and-prevent
Let’s Move!. (2010). Learn The Facts. Retrieved from https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/learn-facts/epidemic-childhood-obesity
The White House. (2003). The President’s Fitness Agenda. Retrieved from https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/fitness/
The White House. (2010). First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Let’s Move: America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids. Retrieved from https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/first-lady-michelle-obama-launches-lets-move-americas-move-raise-a-healthier-genera
The White house. (2010). Learn The Facts. Retrieved from https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/learn-facts/epidemic-childhood-obesity
The White House. (2018). President Donald J. Trump Proclaims May 2018 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-proclaims-may-2018-national-physical-fitness-sports-month/
United States Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). The President’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/asl/testimony/2017-06/presidents-fy2018-budget.html
United States Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). The President’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/asl/testimony/2017-06/presidents-fy2018-budget.html
United States of America Embassy. (2002). HealthierUS: The President’s health and fitness initiative. U.S. Diplomatic Mission: Information Resource Center. https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/tech/fitness-policy-book.pdf
Question
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.
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?
At least 2 outside and 2-3 course resources are used.
Part 3: Narrative
Using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page narrative that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. 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.
At least 3 resources are used.
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
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”
“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/