Agenda Comparison Grid

Agenda Comparison Grid Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2

Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

Identify the Population Health concern you selected.	Covid-19 pandemic
Describe the Population Health concern you selected.	Covid-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Corbella, 2021). This is a new strain of the coronavirus strain that can cause illness in humans. Scientists and healthcare professionals are still learning about this disease. They, however, believe it originated from animals who then infected humans. Covid-19 spreads from human to human through infected air droplets transmitted through coughing or sneezing (Corbella, 2021). Human beings can also get this infection when their hands come into contact with surfaces or hands containing the virus and touch their mouths, nose, or eyes with the same hand (Corbella, 2021). Covid-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China, in 2019, but it has now spread globally. It has adverse health and economic effects. Since its outbreak, it has resulted in many deaths (Corbella, 2021).
Administration (President Name)	Donald Trump	Joe Biden
Explain how each of the two presidential administrations approached the issue.	There were irregular communications that diminished as the pandemic intensified. There were inconsistencies in the severity of the pandemic. Donald Trump downplayed the severe nature of this pandemic. There was misinformation- President Trump claimed that hydroxychloroquine could treat Covid-19. The president shut American borders to prevent the entry of the virus.	The Biden administration has regular communications on the virus. There are thrice-weekly briefings. The president has a coordinated national response plan. The federal government is in charge of the response. Biden advocated wearing masks with mayors and governors in charge of this initiative.
Identify the allocations of resources that the current and previous presidents dedicated to this issue.	The president authorized emergency funds to help in resource mobilization. He signed four emergency spending bills to provide relief for Americans.	They released extra funds to pay healthcare workers, expand COBRA coverage, and reimburse employers when their employees used paid leave benefits.

Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis

Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid, complete the following to document information about the population health/healthcare issue you selected

Administration
Which administrative agency (like HHS, CDC, FDA, OHSA) would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected? Why is this agency the most helpful?	The agency that would help the most in this situation is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC has a critical role in the Covid-19 response. It works full-time to protect the nation and ensure the local and state public health partners have the scientific expertise, guidance, and resources required to respond to COVID-19. The CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center to provide critical and urgent support. The CDC received extra funding from the government, and it is funding localities, tribes, states, and territories to combat the COVID-19 threat. This CDC emergency funding can be used for contact tracing, surveillance, laboratory testing, diagnostic development, public outreach, health department coordination, vaccine planning and distribution, and education for healthcare workers (CDC, 2021).
How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the presidential agenda? How does it stay there?	The selected healthcare issue can reach the presidential agenda due to its far-reaching economic and healthcare consequences. This disease has claimed thousands of lives, led to unemployment, disrupted the economy, and has devastating healthcare effects. This disease must thus be on the presidential agenda since the president took an oath to protect and defend American citizens. Healthcare experts and the president’s advisors can ensure that it stays in the presidential by constantly doing contact tracing and providing the president with facts on how the pandemic affects Americans and strategies that can be implemented to cushion Americans.
Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor (this can be a celebrity, a legislator, an agency director, or others) of the healthcare issue you selected? An example is Michael J. Fox, a champion for Parkinson’s disease.	The celebrity I would choose to champion for COVID-19 is Charli D’ Amelio. She is a TikTok sensation and the most followed person on TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform where individuals can share videos with their followers. This is a viral app that rose to prominence during the pandemic. Miss Charli can serve as a champion and educate the public on the importance of public health strategies such as handwashing, social distancing, and wearing masks to control the spread of COVID-19 (Zhang et al., 2020). She can also educate and encourage the public on vaccinations.

PART 3: Fact Sheet

Covid-19 is a severe healthcare infection that began in Wuhan, China. This disease presents acute symptoms that can cause severe respiratory distress (Corbella, 2021). Scientists are still learning more about this condition. This disease is spread from human to human through air droplets and is transmitted when individuals cough or sneeze. Covid-19 has led to serious health and economic issues. It has caused severe morbidity and mortality. It has also led to the loss of millions of jobs, leading to an increased uninsured population in the United States. This is a severe issue that should have the attention of legislators. Legislators should implement laws and policies to ensure that Americans are protected from the pandemic and appropriate bills to help with vaccination distribution and public health initiatives.

Nurses can be involved in agenda-setting at the local, state, and national levels. Agenda setting can be defined as the problem of moving an issue to the government’s attention to allow for consideration of solutions (Milstead & Short, 2017). Nurses can use their knowledge to help in agenda-setting on many issues affecting the healthcare delivery industry and healthcare quality. Nurses are interested in healthcare issues that affect the general public; additionally, they have the knowledge and skills that can be used to implement and evaluate healthcare policies. They can help policymakers to create better public policies. Nurses can help to change practice interventions in the organizations they work in. Nurses can initiate new initiatives that impact healthcare at their organizations. The initiative results can have implications leading to agenda-setting at the national government level (Milstead & Short, 2017).

Moreover, they can apply theoretical frameworks to help them in agenda-setting. They can use these theories to find opportunities to help them move their agendas forward. Nurses can also involve themselves in political activities to help agenda-setting (Milstead & Short, 2017). They can also collaborate with government agencies such as the FDA in agenda-setting.

References

CDC. (2021, August 3). Novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/budget/fact-sheets/covid-19/index.html

Corbella, S. (2021). Review for “Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccines: A concise review”. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.13916/v1/review3

Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2017). Health policy and politics (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Zhang, N., Shi, T., Zhong, H., & Guo, Y. (2020). COVID-19 prevention and control public health strategies in Shanghai, China. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26(4), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000001202

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Question

It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.

Agenda Comparison Grid

Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first significant piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debates ever since.

As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policies and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons, you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.

In this Assignment, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.

To Prepare:

Review the agenda priorities of the current/sitting U.S. president and at least one previous presidential administration.
Select an issue related to healthcare that was addressed by two U.S. presidential administrations (current and previous).
Consider how you would communicate the importance of a healthcare issue to a legislator/policymaker or a member of their staff for inclusion on the agenda.
Use your Week 1 Discussion post to help with this Assignment.
The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-page Analysis, and 1-page narrative) with a title page. This is an APA paper. Use 2-3 course resources and at least two outside resources.

Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

Use the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the previous president and their agendas related to the population health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:

Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected.
Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
Identify the allocation of resources that the presidents dedicated to this issue.
Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis

Using the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template by addressing the following:

Which administrative agency (like HHS, CDC, FDA, OHSA) would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected, and why is this agency the most helpful for the issue?
How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the presidential agenda? How does it stay there?
An entrepreneur/champion/sponsor helps to move the issue forward. Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor (this can be a celebrity, a legislator, an agency director, or others) of the healthcare issue you selected, and why would this person be a good entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor? An example is Michael J. Fox, who is a champion for Parkinson’s disease.
Part 3: Fact Sheet

Using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page fact sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff about this healthcare issue. Be sure to address the following:

Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
Justify the role of the nurse in agenda-setting for healthcare issues.