Application Developing a Health Advocacy Campaign (continued) Legal Considerations

Last week, you began developing a health advocacy campaign for improving the health of a population through a change in policy. This week, you will continue by considering how laws and regulations can shape the way you advocate for and attempt to implement your proposed policy.

Before you begin, review the complete Assignment.

Legal Considerations

To prepare:

  • Review Chapter 3 of Health Policy and Politics: A Nurses Guide (3rd ed.) to determine methods of influencing the political process.
  • Reflect on whether the policy you would like to promote could best be achieved through the development of new legislation, or a change in an existing law or regulation.
  • Contemplate in what ways existing laws or regulations may impact how you proceed in advocating for your proposed policy.
  • Consider how you could influence legislators or other policymakers to enact the policy you would like to propose.
  • Think about the obstacles of the legislative process that may prevent your proposed policy from being implemented as intended.To complete:

    For this section of your paper (approximately 3–4 pages in length) address the following:

  • Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation/regulation.
  • Explain how existing laws or regulations could impact your advocacy efforts.
  • Provide an analysis of the methods you could use to influence legislators or other policymakers to support your policy. In particular, explain how you would use the “three legs” of lobbying in your advocacy efforts.
  • Summarize the obstacles you anticipate arising in the legislative process and how you could overcome these hurdles.