Policy Brief

The summer is drawing to a close as is your summer legislative internship in Minnesota. All staff efforts, including your previous three tasks, have led toward policy action. The legislator will send the language for the new legislation to the Legislative Counsel’s office for further drafting and development. The legislator has asked you to develop a policy brief for distribution to news and media outlets, and stakeholder audiences.
Building on the research and key learnings you have gained from your previous three tasks—the public health issue and policy review, the advocacy letter, and the speech draft for the community leaders’ meeting—you are to prepare a policy brief. The language you use in your policy brief needs to be clear and concise so that the average person can understand the policy brief’s key messages.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assignment scoring guide criteria:
● Competency 1: Explain the impact of policies and legislation on individual and population health.
○ Provide a clear call for individual and population health action in a succinct concluding statement.
● Competency 2: Identify and define public health issues based on best evidence about what makes and keeps people healthy.
○ Describe the specific public health issue that has created a challenge for making and keeping a specific population or community healthy.
● Competency 3: Describe the relationship between cost, quality, and outcomes in determining public health funding decision-making.
○ Present the pros and cons of policy action.
● Competency 4: Develop policies that maximize the positive impacts of social and economic determinants on the health of individuals, communities, and populations.
○ Present a clear overview of the policy brief, highlighting the content covered in the brief.