The coalition I chose is the San Diego Tobacco Control Coalition Each coalition group will create a coalition proposal to outline the public health problem and potential policy solutions. In addition,...

The coalition I chose is the San Diego Tobacco Control Coalition

Each coalition group will create a coalition proposal to outline the public health problem and potential policy solutions. In addition, each coalition will define organizational/agency membership. See outline below for assignment overview. In addition, students can review an example assignment and the rubric within the assignment description in BB Week 3.

For the coalition proposal and membership description it is suggested groups utilize the bulleted outline for submission.

Coalition Proposal

·What is the name of your group’s coalition?

oEach group does not have to create a “new” coalition, it is ok that your group’s coalition assumes/becomes a coalition you have researched and located on the internet that is focused on a policy issue listed above.

·Locate national, state, regional, or local data to document the scope of the problem

• The public health problem your group will work on:

• Groups will define the problem and outline the possible solutions. See Chapter 17, p. 336.


• Include each of the following FOUR problem steps (follow the list on p.336):




• Who is affected by the problem? Identify.




• Percentage (prevalence) of the general population affected


• Percentage (prevalence) of the low-income or vulnerable populations affected in comparison to two other population groups (health disparities)




• What has been written on the issue and policy options? Discuss at least one from each of the following




• peer-reviewed journal article on the problem and one policy solution


• At least one media source of coverage: editorials; opinion pieces; investigative journalism on the issue or policy solution


• Blogs or web content




• What is the economic impact of the problem?




• Identify the healthcare costs associated with the problem


• Document if the problem has an impact on employee absenteeism or presenteeism (e.g. attending work while ill)




• What work is being done by governmental and nongovernmental agencies (community-based organizations, non-profits, etc.)?

• Provide and describe a specific policy solution (include only one) for the selected public health problem that can be addressed by an elected official. Your group will use this policy solution for the final group assignment:Public testimony.




• Use a health policy tracking system to locate policy that has been implemented or in the process of implementation and could be beneficial to improving the problem the coalition identified above. See table 15-1, p. 293 in the text.


• Applicable bill numbers, ordinance codes, etc… should be included. Most bills will include “AB” or “SB” (Assembly bill or Senate bill).A great place to search for California law/policy is the California legislative information tracking system website:http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/. Students can search policy topics and view extensive policy listings to learn more about each.




• For instance, if your policy issue is tobacco and a possible solution is to decrease the prevalence of the population that smoke, then a policy solution could be tobacco tax. Specifically,Prop 56orSB 768.

Coalition Proposal -Coalition Membership:

Next, each coalition group will also describe, and list, stakeholders/organizations represented in the coalition. Each coalition student member will contribute a description of a stakeholder organization/agency they represent in the coalition.

·For example, if your coalition became the Southern AIDS Coalition, its membership consisted of several organizations: Latino Commission on AIDS; AIDS Alabama; Crescent Cares; Tennessee Department of Health; and Louisiana Office of Public Health. Each student will assume a member organization (for example, student one represents/becomes the Latino Commission on AIDS and student two represents/becomes Crescent Cares, etc.)

·List and describe 3-4 stakeholders/organizations (corresponding to the number in your group) represented in your group’s coalition. See the asset map, table 17-2, p338 to assist in deciding what types of organizations would best align with your coalition.

oEach coalition student member will take the position of one coalition stakeholder/organization/agency and write a 2-3 paragraph description of their specific organization.Students are welcome to become an organization/agency that is a member of the coalition your group has agreed to adopt based on your internet search. See example highlighted in the paragraph above.

Each student will contribute a description of their respective stakeholder/organization/agency and will Include statements about their:

oMission

oGoals

oWhat this stakeholder/agency/organization can contribute to the coalition effort and why

oHow the coalition work will align with the collective missions of each organization. This will be helpful in developing your group coalition public testimony, which is the culminating assignment.

The group coalition proposal must be a group compilation, each member will complete the membership description and contribute equally to the proposal work as well as follow APA guidelines with at least one reference per coalition member. The text can be cited but will not count towards the number of required references.

Missing or incomplete descriptions and/or incomplete APA citations/references from the listed requirements will give only partial credit.