Economics and Financing

•Part 1A: Public Health Initiative Approval

Submit a public health initiative or just choosing an existing initiative or program where you can analyze the economic viability.

Your selection will be the focus of Scholar-Practitioner Project. Include a brief overview of the initiative and your rationale for selecting the initiative.

Assignment Length: 1 page

Support your Project Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Part 1B: Economic Analysis of Public Health Initiative of Choice

For this part of your Scholar-Practitioner Project, you will complete the economic analysis of the public health initiative you selected in Week 2.

The economic analysis should include:

•Principles of economics for evaluating and assessing the need for the public health initiative

•A brief description of whether the initiative is a micro or macroeconomic program

•A determination of whether the result of the initiative is a public or private good

•A description of the initiative’s financing source

•An explanation of how the initiative may affect supply and demand of public health services

Assignment length: 5–6 pages