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MPPA 582-01 Healthcare Policy Winter 2017

‘Five Questions’ Essays Due Wed., January 4, 2017, in class

This assignment gets you started on analyzing information you’ve gathered so far on your policy

topic. It is a writing assignment (see page 10 of the syllabus), due the fifth week of the term, on

January 4, 2017. The questions will help you outline your ideas for your policy paper as well as tap

into the conceptual material from this course in order to make your case for why this is an important

policy to evaluate.

While I expect you to explore these questions as thoroughly as possible with your topic, it is

assumed that these are provisional responses with what you have learned about your topic to date. I

expect that you will be building on this work as you proceed through the term.

FIVE QUESTIONS - - SEVEN STEPS

Task

1. Policy History: Provide some background on the health issue you are researching. What aspects of earlier debates (key arguments, rhetoric, etc.) have shaped current

controversies on this topic?

2. Two Sides: What are the two opposing positions in the contemporary debate and who are the key proponents of each? Describe what each side proposes is the problem and how

they intend to solve it, then relate what you know about who the claimsmakers are (the

advocates of each side) and what stake they have in the outcomes.

Making use of concepts from our course readings:

3. In what ways do these policy positions reflect an individual vs a social factors model of disease or approach to health care? Is there a moral dimension to the debate?

4. How do social conditions play a role in understanding these policy positions? Is there an issue with access to appropriate resources, and, if so, what would they be in this particular

case? Are there “upstream” factors that divide the positions, or are they ignored by both

sides? If the latter, give an example of what is missing from the debate.

5. Are there disparities among different social groups in regards to this issue (e.g., different disease rates, differential access to treatments or facilities, different experiences of disease

progression, etc.)? Do these disparities figure in to the current debate? If not, why not?

6. Annotated Bibliography: This is your report of research you have done on your topic in the library’s databases of peer-reviewed journals. Cite these sources and include a paragraph

description summarizing key ideas from that article that are relevant to your topic. Use one of

the major citation formats (e.g., APA or Chicago Manual of Style), just be consistent with

what you choose. Attach this to your Five Essays paper.

7. Finally, place your name and the due date on the top of the first page or on the cover page of your paper. Be sure to spell-check and grammar-check your writing before turning it in. You

will be graded on the quality, organization, and clarity of your work.

Bring a printed copy of your paper to turn in.

** Keep in mind that your role in this project is to be a policy analyst, not a policy advocate. **

Your goal is to present two positions fairly, providing the evidence that each side uses to argue for

its position. Your analysis of this evidence should be grounded in using the conceptual tools

presented by our authors in the class readings.