2023 Application Part 1 Developing an Advocacy Campaign The following application Part 1 will be

Application: Part 1 – Developing an Advocacy Campaign

The following application (Part 1) will be due in week 4.

To prepare:

• Select a population health issue of interest to you and identify the population affected by the issue.
• Locate two scholarly articles, each of which provides a description of an effective health advocacy campaign that addresses your issue. The articles need to focus on two different advocacy campaigns.
• Analyze the attributes of the two campaigns to determine what made them effective.
• Reflect on a policy you could propose or suggest a change to a current policy to improve the health of the population you selected.
• Consider how you could develop an advocacy campaign, applying the attributes identified in similar, effective campaigns.

To complete:

For the Part 1 application (approximately 3–4 pages of content with a title page and references in APA format) address the following:

• Describe your selected population health issue and the population affected by this issue.
• Summarize the two advocacy campaigns you researched in this area.
• Explain the attributes that made those campaigns effective.
• Begin to develop a plan for a health advocacy campaign that seeks to create a new policy or change an existing policy with regard to the issue and population you selected. Be sure to include in your plan:

A description of the public health issue and proposed policy solution

• Specific objectives for the policy you want to be implemented
• Begin to substantiate of your proposed campaign by data and evidence.
• Be sure to paste the rubric at the end of your paper.

By Day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
• Click the Week 4 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
• Click the Week 4 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria