Assignment1

• CNBC. (2018, December 26). Why medical bills in the U.S. are so expensive Links to an external site. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NvnOUcG-ZI
  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.
• FRONTLINE PBS. (2021, May 18). The healthcare divide Links to an external site.(full documentary): FRONTLINELinks to an external site. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVvEkeH4O8o
• Review resources about contextual factors.
• Which contextual factors will promote getting your advocacy priority (Access to care, health inequities, and cultural competency for the Hispanic and Latino community) on the agenda? 
• Which contextual factors might work against it?

Assignment 2

• Dawes, D. E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Chapter 4, “How the Game is Played: Successful Employment of the Political Determinants of Health” (pp.78–111)
• Porche, Demetrius J. (2023). Health policy: Applications for nurses and other health professionals (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Chapter 9, “Policy Formulation and Implementation” (pp.101-112)
  • Chapter 10, “Policy Analysis” (pp.113-140)
• Review the twelve policy models outlined in Health Policy: Applications for Nurses and Other Health Professionals (Chapter 9, pp. 119-125)
• Consider which of the twelve policy models might best fit your advocacy priority (Access to care, health inequities, and cultural competency for the Hispanic and Latino community). 
• You are encouraged to search the literature for examples of how the selected policymaking model has been used in the past.
• Submit a 2-page written response detailing your selection of one policymaking framework that best supports your priority (Access to care, health inequities, and cultural competency for the Hispanic and Latino community). —particularly, getting your priority on the agenda. 

·        In your response, explain why the framework best describes how you might proceed in effectively moving your advocacy priority forward in the policymaking process. 

·        Support your response with evidence.