Week 4 - Team Policy Analysis, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity

Week 4

Team Policy Analysis

Create your project in a Microsoft Word document.  Use APA style to cite your sources and format your paper.  Your paper should be at least five pages, not including the title and the reference pages.  References should be published in the last 5 years.  Remember to include an introductory paragraph (with a purpose statement) and a conclusions/summary section (may be more than 1 paragraph).

Topic: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Website: https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/index.html

· Include in your paper:

1. Detail the problem:

· Define the problem clearly- Obesity

· Does this problem truly exist? yes

· Provide some history of the problem and data to support the problem.

· What are the potential causes of the problem?- sedentary life style, etc

· Who (what group of people) are most affected by the problem?

2. Detail the policy:

· How was the policy formulated and by who?  Is it a written policy or a policy enacted by law?

· Identify the goals and objectives of the policy.

· How is the policy implemented and evaluated?

3. Evaluate the policy:

· To what extent was the problem addressed?

· Was there a mechanism in place for evaluation?

· Were the goals and objectives of the policy met?

· Identify any issues that arose after the policy was put in place.

4. Evaluate the cost of the policy and outcomes

· What is the cost of policy implementation in terms of money, taxes, lives saved (or lost), time, etc.?

· Is the policy feasible given the problem, goals, objectives, and costs as it is currently implemented?

5. Improve the policy:

· What are your recommendations for improving the policy?

· How would you propose that your recommendations be implemented?

· How would you propose that your recommended changes be evaluated?

· What would indicate that the policy revision was a success?