Social & Cultural Basis For Community And Primary Health Programs

Instruction: 

You should select a current health or health-related policy issue for analysis. The topic must be specific to a real country, state or local government. You will identify key stakeholders around that policy issue. Use attached Blog Proposal Form to incorporate related topic information; attached also are the examples of the similar assignment for review.

Conduct Web-based research and use your personal experience to identify specific stakeholders and their positions on the topic. For example, don’t just say ‘the public’ but name specific civil society groups and NGOs. Don’t just say ‘health professionals’, but give names of specific professional associations that speak out on their behalf. Identify references by hyperlink.

Expectations for this blog proposal form: Clear statement of issue to be discussed, location/setting, and your stand on the issue; identification of 6 major stakeholders; clear explanation of each stakeholder’s position on the issue; suggested weblinks.

Please use this proposal form only; submissions not using this format will not be accepted.

604.771.86 – Social & Cultural Basis for Community and Primary Health Programs

 

Blog Proposal Form

Lab 5: Stakeholder Advocacy for a Current Health Policy Issue

 

NAME/S OF BLOGGER/S (3 people maximum per group):

 

Name	email	WordPress Account
	Group Account Name if Applicable

 

 

Do not post your blog until you receive feedback on this form. Ensure that every group member has a WordPress account to enable posting and commenting. One person will post on behalf of the group.

 

 

Identify no more than 6 major stakeholders. Write the name specific organizations, agencies, associations as stakeholders, not vague or general human groupings (e.g. not “malaria patients” but an actual Association that promoted child health). Remember that legislators, council members and such are the actual policy makers, not the stakeholders per se. Stakeholders must have an actual or potential interest in the policy/issue and an identifiable position on the issue. This can often be discerned from their websites and from news articles. The actual position may currently be in favor, against or even uncommitted.

 

Fill out the three charts below to complete your blog proposal. Note that your topic may focus on adopting a new policy, repealing an existing policy or pressing for adequate funding and/or implementation of an existing policy.

 

 

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION

 

Topic:

a. Specific Country, State, Local Government concerned

b. Nature of the policy issue in detail

c. Your/your group’s position on the issue

 

 

 

2. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

 

Stakeholders	Characteristics
	Involvement, interest and importance of group concerning the policy issue	Position on the Issue (for, against, uncommitted)
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3. WEB LINKS AND RESOURCES

 

Name	URL	Brief Description

 

 

Reminder: Once your proposal has been approved we will use the WordPress Account information you provided above to invite you to be an author. Please note that if you are working in a group, ALL members must have their own WordPress account in order to make comments on other people’s blogs.

 

 

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