Purpose and Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of the health policy process to letter writing, policy research and dissemination.
Directions
• Write a letter to your state member of the Legislature or a Member of Congress from your state regarding a national or state
health policy.
• For pending bills:
• students:should utilize web references provided in the text and/or Associations such as the American Nurses Association (ANA):
Nurses World.
• From the ANA homepage, the student can link to the Government Affairs page and search current legislation.
• The letter must be:
• in support of or in opposition to a current piece of legislation;
• one page, using a standard letter format;
• addressed properly to the student’s member of Congress or State Legislator;
• to identify members of Congress, the student should visit Congress.org and enter his or her home zip code,
• to identify State Legislators the student should access his or her home state’s Legislative home page,
• include an additional one-page policy document (brief) that summarizes the student’s rationale for support or opposition;
• include at least two scholarly references, in APA format, that support the student’s position and include a concise overview of
the rationale.
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