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Population Health Concern Case
Study and Policy Action Addendum Paper (Case
Study/Policy Paper):  30% of course
grade 
When drafting this paper, imagine that you
are involved as a master’s prepared nurse in providing health-related services
in Paterson, NJ (direct care, administration and/or education). To serve, you
will want to better understand the health needs/concerns of the population and
to explore effective means of improvement. For this paper’s purposes, please
choose as your focus one population health concern/issue relevant to Paterson,
NJ. *If you wish to focus on an area other than Paterson please speak to the instructor
(prior approval is needed).
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Addendum Paper (Case Study/Policy Paper) 
The paper should include
(please organize the paper accordingly with headers):
A. Introduction: Introduce the population health issue/concern and
provide a brief overview of your rationale for focusing on this health concern
(1-3 paragraphs). You may focus on a specific population group in Paterson; if
not specified, the assumption will be that the discussion applies to the
population of Paterson. Discuss the risk and preventive factors associated with
this health concern and its consequences for public health. Support your
discussion with evidence. The introduction may summarize information you
discuss in greater detail further in the paper.
B. Epidemiology: Provide and discuss relevant
descriptive and analytical epidemiological data. Analyze and
discuss data relationships considering risk, causative or protective factors,
comparisons over time and comparisons to other populations.
C. Benchmarks and Strategies to Address this
Health Concern: Discuss relevant established benchmarks for progress in this
area of health concern (state, national and/or international benchmarks).
Discuss recommended strategies to address this health concern and the evidence
supporting these recommendations. Please discuss your opinion of the relevance
and cultural implications of these benchmarks and strategies to the population
you are focusing on. Are there other benchmarks and/or strategies you would propose?
If so, please discuss and provide a rationale.
D. Policy Action Addendum: Of the strategies
to address this health care concern discussed to this point, please identify
one or two strategies, and discuss potential options for policy advancement
that would support the strategy. Please recall that the policy advancement may
be related to judicial, legislative, administrative, or regulatory policy,
institutional policy, or other non-governmental policy. You might ask yourself:
‘what needs to change to better be able to engage this strategy and
address this health issue, how might this relate to policy change and how would
this change be made?’ This is a chance to be intellectually creative,
and your ideas here should be informed by the methods and examples covered in
your coursework. Several policy advancement options should be covered. (1-2
pages of the 6-9-page paper).
E. Provide reference list and correctly cite all references in
text.
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Addendum Paper (Case Study/Policy Paper) 
*Through the course
experience you will be exposed to resources and ideas that will assist in the
development of this paper.
**Paper to be no longer than 6-9 pages (tables and graphs not
included) and must focus on a population health concern in Paterson, NJ.
Grading Criteria:
1.     Introduction:
Brief overview of rationale for focus on given health topic is clear and well
supported (and includes impact on public health). Relevant factors associated
with this health concern are introduced here and clearly supported by evidence.  [5%]
2.     Epidemiology:
Relevant descriptive and analytic epidemiological information is shared. Data
and data relationships are analyzed and discussed as relevant to understanding
whom the health issues are affecting, the impact of the health issue and
potential risk or preventive factors that may be addressed. [25%]
3.     Established
Benchmarks and Strategies: Benchmark(s) and strategies discussion shows
evidence of thorough literature search, appraisal of sources and evidence base
and consideration of relevance to specific population focus. Critical
consideration of benchmarks and strategies is evidenced. [25%]
4.     Integration Policy Action Addendum: shows
well informed and creative envisioning of policy advancement ideas specifically
related to addressing given health issues. [25%]
5.     Efficacy of
writing style, grammar, spelling, correct citation of references. [10%]
6.    
Sound and Relevant References (at least 5 sources- should be
primary sources in most cases)) [10%]
Paper to be
no longer than 6-9 pages (tables and graphs, bibliography and cover page not
included). Please provide subheadings for each section of the
paper.