Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.

The benchmark assesses the following competencies:

1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.

Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.

Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
Create a problem statement.
Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.

Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Answer preview……………….

Developed and developing countries are up on their feet with scientists have proven a connection between climate change and vector-borne diseases. The United public health, therefore, spearheads a policy change campaign that is aimed at ensuring that the nation’s healthcare system not only control the prevalence of this insect-borne diseases but also creates policies for preparedness in case of increase of this diseases. Precisely, two policy health issues are born of the relationship between climate change and insect-borne diseases including policies battling over emissions which propel the causal agent climate change and heightened healthcare policies as a preparedness response to imminent growth of vector-borne diseases. As Priya…………….
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