Overview: After analyzing your public health issue in Milestone One and studying socioeconomic factors affecting healthcare in this module, you will write a
short paper to identify and analyze socioeconomic barriers and supports involved in addressing the public health issue. Your paper must include an introduction
to your public health issue, a discussion of socioeconomic barriers to change, a discussion of supports for change, and a conclusion with a call to action for your
readers. Assume your readers will include healthcare administrators and managers, as well as healthcare policy makers and legislators.
Prompt: Write a short paper including the following sections:
I. Introduction
A. Introduce your public health issue and briefly explain what needs to change to address the issue.
II. Barriers
A. Identify two potential socioeconomic barriers to change and describe each with specific details.
B. Consider patient demographics (e.g., age, ethnicity, and education), geographic factors (e.g., urban/rural location), and psychographic factors
(e.g., eating habits and employment status).
C. Justify your points by referencing your textbook or other scholarly resources.
III. Supports
A. Identify two possible socioeconomic supports for change and describe each with specific details.
B. Consider patient demographics (e.g., age, ethnicity, and education), geographic factors (e.g., urban/rural location), and psychographic factors
(e.g., eating habits and employment status).
C. Justify your points by referencing your textbook or other scholarly resources.
IV. Conclusion
A. Conclude with a clear call to action: What can your readers do to assist in the implementation of the necessary changes?
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper must be submitted as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction Introduces a public health issue and
describes the changes necessary to
address issue
Introduces a public health issue but does
not describe the changes necessary to
address issue
Does not introduce public health issue 20
Barriers Describes potential socioeconomic
barriers to addressing a public health
issue and supports description with
scholarly sources
Describes potential socioeconomic
barriers to addressing a public health
issue, but does not support the
description with scholarly resources
Does not describe potential
socioeconomic barriers to addressing a
public health issue
25
Supports Describes possible socioeconomic
supports for change to address a public
health issue and supports the description
with scholarly sources
Describes possible socioeconomic
supports for change to address a public
health issue, but does not support the
description with scholarly resources
Does not describe possible
socioeconomic supports for change to
address a public health issue
25
Conclusion Provides a conclusion with a clear call to
action for readers
Provides a conclusion, but does not
include a clear call to action for readers
Does not provide a conclusion 20
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding
of ideas
10
Total 100%
Use this template to compile important information and resources for your final project presentation.
Public Health Issue Topic: Identify the public health issue you will use as a basis for your final project presentation. Briefly describe why you choose this topic.
My chosen public health concern is the provision of mental health care in rural locations. I chose this topic because I struggle with mental health difficulties, and without the assistance I received, I would be in a much different position in my life. Mental health is equally as critical as physical health, if not more.
Economic Forces: Briefly describe some economic forces related to your public health issue.
Macroeconomic Forces: Unemployment rates in rural regions can have an impact on people’s capacity to obtain mental health care, which can lead to deterioration in mental health. In addition, there aren’t enough places where people can obtain assistance.
Microeconomic Forces: The employment that the rural population has may restrict their availability to seek mental health treatment at a time that is convenient for them. People in these communities still have a negative perception about getting mental health treatment.
Key Regulation Policy: Determine economic policies or regulations that currently apply to your public health issue.
To my knowledge, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is responsible for developing policies to assist rural areas dealing with healthcare concerns. The Affordable Care Act is also relevant to my situation.
Benefits and Consequences: Identify the perceived benefits and consequences resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue.
Benefits: Insurers are required to give the same amount of coverage for any mental health issue as they do for physical health concerns, regardless of the severity of the condition.
Consequences: getting providers to move to rural areas.
Impact of Regulation or Policy: Describe the economic impact resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue. In order for more mental healthcare practitioners to be available in remote regions ready to see these persons, a significant amount of additional funding must be invested in the policy. The greater the amount of money required, the greater the likelihood that taxes will be raised in the states that require it the most.
References: Provide links or citations for three scholarly resources that you will use to support your ideas regarding your public health issue.
1.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408399/
2.
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/mental-health
3.
https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1402&context=msw_papers
