Posted: December 17th, 2014

Selecting a policy Analysis Framework.

Selecting a policy Analysis Framework.

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Follow the bullets to address the essay. Please use peer-reviewed journal or articles.

Assignment 3 (1 page)
Topic: Selecting a Policy Analysis Framework

The goal of policy analysis is to provide in-depth, relevant, and evaluative information about a policy. Using a framework as a guideline for the analysis provides scaffolding for logically and carefully considering the policy issue. To select a framework, one should consider the focus of the policy being analyzed and whether the policy is intended to be predictive or prescriptive. For this Discussion, you will choose a policy issue that is important to you and after evaluating the frameworks described in the Learning Resources, select the framework most appropriate for analyzing the issue.

To prepare:
•    Reflect on your understanding of the policy process: how policy is formulated, adopted, implemented, and evaluated.
•    Review the various frameworks presented in the Reading Resources and consider how they are applied to nursing and health policies. How do they assist you in understanding and shaping policy?
•    Brainstorm a list of the issues that are most important to your practice (these can be issues at the institutional, local, state, national, or international level). Then identify a specific nursing or health care policy related to one key issue, and consider which of the frameworks you would use to examine the issue.
Note: You may not select the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for this analysis.

Write a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1.    Identify the policy you have selected.
2.    Describe the framework that you would use for this particular issue, and provide your rationale.
3.    At what other stages in the policy process might an analysis framework provide guidance?

Required Readings
Articles:
•    Blackman, V. S. (2005). Putting policy theory to work: Tobacco control in California. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 6(2), 148-155. doi: 10.1177/1527154405276289
•    Coffman, J. (2007). Evaluation based on theories of the policy process. The evaluation exchange: A periodical on emerging strategies in evaluation. Harvard Family Research Project: Harvard Graduate School of Education, 8(1&2). Retrieved fromhttp://www.hfrp.org/evaluation/the-evaluation-exchange/issue-archive/advocacy-and-policy-change/evaluation-based-on-theories-of-the-policy-process
•    Craig, R. L., Felix, H. C., Walker, J. F., & Philips, M. M. (2010). Public health professionals as policy entrepreneurs: Arkansas’s childhood obesity policy experience. American Journal of Public Health, 100(11), 2047-2052.
•    Fawcett, J., & Russell, G. (2001). A conceptual model of nursing and health policy. Policy, Politics, & Nursing, 2(2), 108-1 16.doi: 10.1177/152715440100200205
•    Howie, W. O. (2009). Mandatory reporting of medical errors: Crafting policy and integrating it into practice. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 5(9), 649-654. doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.07.012
•    Hewison, A. (2007). Policy analysis: a framework for nurse managers. Journal of Nursing Management, 15(7), 693-699.doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00731.x
•    John, P. (2003). Is there life after policy streams, advocacy coalitions, and punctuations: Using evolutionary theory to explain policy change? Policy Studies Journal, 31(4), 481-498.doi: 10.1111/1541-0072.
•    Russell, G., & Fawcett, J. (2005). The conceptual model for nursing and health policy revisited. Policy, Politics, & Nursing, 6(4), 108-116. doi: 10.1177/1527154405283304

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