Discussion Post

Type: Discussion Post

Subject: Practicum in Health Policy

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Masters Program

Length: 2 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

 

Instructions: prompt 1: good research: how do you know if a research study is a good one? prompt 2: your institution: what is the process at your institution for translating evidence into practice? what do you see as one strength and one weakness to how it is done? how could the weakness be addressed? prompt 3: reviewing legislation: check the websites of your district legislators (federal or state) and select one health policy initiative that your legislator directly supported. do an internet search of that legislation and see what you can find about it. based on what you found answer the following questions to the best of your ability: do you think that legislation was based on research evidence and why? was there anything or anyone else that influenced the policy? was there any controversy about it – or what do opponents say? have the outcomes for that policy been measured yet? if yes, were measures appropriate and what did they find. if no, what should be measured to measure the success of the initiative?