NURS 8100 Advocacy Area
NURS 8100 Advocacy Area
African Americans (AAs) with chronic conditions are a vulnerable population, and they often face challenges accessing preventive, curative, and rehabilitative healthcare services due to racial and social injustice (Yearby, 2022). AAs are considered the least healthy ethnic group in the US. The purpose of this paper is to discuss an important advocacy issue related to this population and how the issue can be addressed through policy.
Advocacy Issue
AAs face challenges with accessing preventive health services for chronic illnesses. Ellis et al. (2020) explain that AAs face high incidence rates and poor health outcomes for many common chronic illnesses, and many AA families are often concurrently managing multiple chronic diseases. Singh et al. (2023) found that AA communities have a higher risk and burden of chronic illnesses, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke, at a younger age than other ethnic groups.
The issue can be mitigated by enacting policies that foster preventive and screening services for AAs. Preventive health care is a proactive tactic to increase health care utilization. It comprises primary (health promotion and education), secondary (screenings and short-term treatment), and tertiary levels (long-term and rehabilitation treatment). According to Jordan et al. (2024), early detection and increased engagement with preventive health care have demonstrated an impact on morbidity and mortality rates among AA men. By increasing early detection of chronic illnesses and promoting better disease prognosis, preventive health care can reduce health disparities and increase the life expectancy of AAs with chronic illnesses.
Conclusion
AAs have a higher risk of chronic disease mortality and disability and experience chronic diseases younger than their White counterparts. The health disparity among AAs can be addressed through a policy approach of improving preventive health care to increase health care utilization. This can promote early detection and treatment and increase life expectancy for AAs with chronic illnesses.
References
Ellis, K. R., Hecht, H. K., Young, T. L., Oh, S., Thomas, S., Hoggard, L. S., Ali, Z., Olawale, R., Carthron, D., Corbie-Smith, G., & Eng, E. (2020). Chronic disease among African American families: A systematic scoping review. Preventing Chronic Disease, p. 17. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.190431
Jordan, H., Jeremiah, R., Watson, K., Corte, C., Steffen, A., & Matthews, A. K. (2024). Exploring Preventive Health Care Utilization Among Black/African American Men. American Journal of Men’s Health, 18(1), 15579883231225548. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883231225548
Singh, H., Fulton, J., 4th, Mirzazada, S., Saragosa, M., Uleryk, E. M., & Nelson, M. L. A. (2023). Community-Based Culturally Tailored Education Programs for Black Communities with Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Stroke: Systematic Review Findings. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10(6), 2986–3006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01474-5
Yearby, R. (2022). The Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Health Justice. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics: A Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 50(4), 641–649. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.3
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Advocacy Area
In the first two Discussions, you identified a vulnerable or marginalized population for whom you can determine an issue that could be addressed through engaging in policy advocacy. Now it is time to present this advocacy area with evidence to support and defend your selection.
For this Assignment, you will explain and defend your selected advocacy issue. Using evidence and experience, you will determine the advocacy issue most important to your practice and organization. Why are you selecting this issue? Why is this an area of high need? How might this area be improved with policy? What can you do to advocate for this area of need?
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Readings
- Dawes, Daniel E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Chapter 3, “The Political Determinants of Health Model” (pp. 41-77)
Media
- Get it Right! A Global Health Channel. (2020). How to Understand What Are Vulnerable Groups in Less than 3 MinutesLinks to an external site.? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDRgbI8rsA
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
Links to an external site. - HMS DICP. (2020). Voting, Links to an external site.Health Policy, and Social JusticeLinks to an external site.: Political Determinants of Health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CDLlXSSMc
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 58 minutes.
Links to an external site. - Malloy, Donald. (2020). Vulnerable Populations in HealthcareLinks to an external site.: Do you Know Who They Are? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h35EQ4Amqto
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
Links to an external site. - Satcher Health Leadership Institute. (2021). The Political Determinants of Health — Jessica’s StoryLinks to an external site.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMutvgQIcU
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.
To Prepare
- Review resources associated with vulnerable or marginalized populations to determine an advocacy issue.
- Consider which advocacy issue you find most important, and why.
- Consider how policy might help to mitigate this need.
The Assignment: (1 page)
Select an issue you find most important, and then defend your position in a persuasive paper.
Submit a 1-page persuasive argument defending why you selected the advocacy issue to move forward with as your priority in this course.
Support—with evidence—why this advocacy issue is most important, and how it might be mitigated or eliminated through policy. Consider how this issue might set your policy agenda.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Walden Writing Center Sample Paper provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632Links to an external site.). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
By Day 7 of Week 2
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Rubric
NURS_8100_Week2_Assignment_Rubric
Criteria | Ratings | Pts | ||||
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSelect an advocacy area you find most important. |
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40 pts | ||||
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDefend your position about the advocacy area selected. |
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45 pts | ||||
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting—Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria. |
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5 pts | ||||
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting—English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation are used. |
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5 pts | ||||
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting: The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. |
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5 pts | ||||
Total Points: 100 |