Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy
Overview
Develop a 3-page proposal for a policy that should help to improve health care and outcomes for your target population.
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.For this assessment you will develop a policy proposal that seeks to improve the outcomes for the health care issue and target population you addressed in Assessment 1(Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations-substance use disorder).
Cost and access to care continue to be main concerns for patients and providers. As technology improves our ability to care for and improve outcomes in patients with chronic and complex illnesses, questions of cost and access become increasingly important. As a master’s-prepared nurse, you must be able to develop policies that will ensure the delivery of care that is effective and can be provided in an ethical and equitable manner.
Suggested Resources
Access to Care
• Brooks, E., Dailey, N. K., Bair, B. D., & Shore, J. H. (2016) Listening to the patient: Women veterans’ insights about health care needs, access, and quality in rural areas. Military Medicine, 181(9), 976–981.
• Caldwell, J. T., Ford, C. L., Wallace, S. P., Wang, M. C., & Takahashi, L. M. (2016). Intersection of living in a rural versus urban area and race/ethnicity in explaining access to health care in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 106(8), 1463–1469.
• Linder, J. A. & Levine, D. M. (2016). Health care communication technology and improved access, continuity, and relationships: The revolution will be Uberized. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176(5), 643–644.
Assessment
• Borrayo, B. D., &O’Lawrence, H. (2016). A post analysis of a preventive and chronic healthcare tool. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 39(1), 15–40.
• Vila Health: Resources for Topical Research | Transcript.
Pathophysiology
• Maulsby, C., Valdiserri, R. O., Kim, J. J., Mahon, N., Flynn, A., Eriksson, E., . . . Holtgrave, D. R. (2016). The global engagement in care convening: Recommended actions to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV. AIDS Education & Prevention, 28(5), 405–416.
• Pranavchand, R., & Reddy, M. (2016). Genomics era and complex disorders: Implications of GWAS with special reference to coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cancers. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 62(3), 188–198.
Pharmacology
• Bland, J. (2016). Where is health care headed? Integrative Medicine, 15(3), 16–18.
Policy
• Durbin, A., Durbin, J., Hensel, J., &Deber, R. (2016). Barriers and enablers to integrating mental health into primary care: A policy analysis. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 43(1), 127–139.
• Gershon, R., Morris, L., & Ferguson, W. (2016). Including language access into Medicaid ACO design. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(3), 492–502.
• Shariff, N. (2014). Factors that act as facilitators and barriers to nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development. BMC Nursing, 13, 20.
Technology
• Ramsey, A., Lord, S., Torrey, J., Marsch, L., &Lardiere, M. (2016). Paving the way to successful implementation: Identifying key barriers to use of technology-based therapeutic tools for behavioral health care. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 43(1), 54–70.
Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal Scoring Guide
1. Proposes a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Acknowledges potential difficulties and discusses how those challenges will be met.

2.Advocates the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population. Impartially considers contrary data and opposing viewpoints.

3.Analyzes the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes. Identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty (where further information could improve the analysis).

4.Communicates proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Identifies specific strategies or approaches used to ensure clear communication.

5. Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style. Citations are free from all errors.

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