health policy
Choose 4 of the 8 questions below. Note, if you would like to attempt extra points for your overall grade, you may answer one extra question for a total of five essays. Each answer should be in the form of a short essay and should include citations to course readings. You may also use additional outside resources but be sure to use appropriate types of readings such as academic papers. All sources should be cited correctly after each essay. Please note, slides from class are not a source, neither is Wikipedia. Be aware of plagiarism when writing your responses.
This Final will become available on Wednesday May 10th right after class. You should submit your exam under the available assignment button in ‘Course Materials.’ Your responses to the 4 (or 5) questions you select should be in a single document; please indicate the question number you are answering and organize your sources accordingly.
The Final is worth 30 points of your overall grade. If you submit your exam after the due date, you will begin losing points. If an emergency prevents you from completing it by the due date, please be in touch with Eleni or me ASAP.
The questions are as follows:
- Why should everyone who is concerned with the well-being of their family OR concerned about health policy focus their attention on long term care and end of life care?
- Compare and contrast how people have health insurance in the U.S. versus in Canada.
- Do we ration health care in the U.S.? Please explain if we do or do not and how these decisions are made.
- Please discuss three strategies to control costs in the US health care system that do not adversely affect patient care.
- Please discuss three strategies to control costs in the US health care system that do adversely affect patient care.
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HEALTH POLICY
The purpose of this assignment is for you to elucidate two separate health policy options related to the health issue of U.S. adult obesity. You will submit a 3-page paper (double-spaced) responding to these questions:
- Please briefly describe the history of adult obesity in the United States. (1 page or less)
- What two health policy options—related to U.S. adult obesity—have you identified? Please briefly describe the social, political and/or economic perspectives of each health policy option. (1 page)
- Do each of your two health policy options principally fall into the domain of health care, public health, or bioethics? Briefly explain why. (one half page)
- For one policy option, please identify at least two stakeholders and briefly describe the stakeholders’ unique interests in U.S. adult obesity. (one half page)
Content | Sub-content | Page Limits |
History of adult obesity | – History of adult obesity in U.S.
– Adult obesity trends in the U.S. |
page |
Two policy options that address adult obesity | For each describe:
– Population – social perspective(s) -political perspective(s) -economic perspectives (s) |
1 page |
Principal Domain | Identify the domain each policies falls into:
-Health care -Public Health -Bioethics |
½ page |
Stakeholders | For ONE policy option:
– identify 2 stakeholders and briefly describe their unique interests in U.S. adult obesity |
½ page |
Assignment is due at the beginning of class. In addition to a hard copy, papers must be submitted to the dropbox in Canvas to be checked for plagiarism.