Step 1: Problem Identification
• Describe the problem/public health issue that triggered the policy recommendation (write an evidence-based problem statement). Context and importance of the problem. (what is the problem? Provide information related to the current debate surrounding the issue. Why is the issue significant? Should include multiple areas of evidence-based references and resources.
Step 2: Policy Analysis
• Analyze at least three policy options based on the evidence surrounding their potential impacts (intended and unintended), ethics (including equity), costs, administrative feasibility, and potential constituency support. Think in terms of what has been done - or proposed - about the issue so far? Have other organizations addressed it?
Are there pending legislative or regulatory proposals?
Step 3: Strategy and Policy Development:
• Discuss your strategy for drafting a bill around your policy recommendation (e.g. Which stakeholders or policy actors will you engage? What information will you need?)
• Identify at least 2 potential enablers and 2 potential barriers to policy enactment, including the mitigation
strategies for the barriers.
Provide a culturally and ethically appropriate, evidence-based argument for your policy recommendation.
Describe its feasibility. Please provide biblical support for your recommendation as well. Describe how specific
Scripture applies.
Step 4: Policy Enactment
• Describe the official procedures for enacting/passing your policy at the state or federal level (i.e. the
legislative process)
Step 5: Policy implementation
• Identify the stakeholders/agencies involved in implementing your policy
• Identify the resources (e.g. human, financial, material) needed to implement your policy
• Anticipate and describe at least two rules or administrative decisions that may be developed by implementing agencies in the implementation phase
• Describe at least two indicators/measures for evaluating the impact of your policy
References. (Use AMA format- see example briefs for guidance.)
Additional Resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/policy/polaris/policyprocess/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/policy/analysis/process/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/policy/analysis/process/docs/CDCPolicyProcess.pdf
For more guidance on what makes a good policy brief, review this website:
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/policy-briefs/
Also, access these websites to review examples of policy briefs:
APHA: https://apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policydatabase/2018/01/18/support-for-universal-preschool
Sample Solution