Essay Policy Advocacy Statement – Stakeholders – Science and Maths Assignment Help

Assignment Task :

 Assessment on Policy Advocacy Statement :

After considering the risks (which was done in previous assignment), how will this health system reform impact you/ your professional practice? Are you for or against implementing the change to the health system?  

The Department of Health is convening a panel of experts and stakeholders, including government officials from the Department of Finance, Executives from major private health insurance companies, senior clinicians from District Hospitals, and community representatives.  

Ahead of the meeting, you, as a representative of a stakeholder group of your choice, has been requested to write an Advocacy Statement to convince the panel whether or not the reform should be implemented. An Advocacy Statement is a written document that advocates or supports a position on behalf a particular group or community. For example, you could advocate on behalf of your professional association (allied health professional), your local community (e.g. a NSW rural community), an interest group (e.g. elderly, people with disabilities, CALD populations) or organisation (private or not-for-profit). While it is important to ensure you are representing the needs of the community/organisation you identify with, it is also important to highlight the scale of impact outside your community too.  

CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY MESSAGE :

Follow these 6 steps to create a concise, strong advocacy message for any audience. 

1. Open with a statement that engages your audience. 

 Make a statement that gets your audience’s attention right away, perhaps using a dramatic fact. This is your lead-in and should be only a sentence or two.   

2. Present the problem. 

 Describe the problem, who it affects, it impact  

3.  Provide facts, data about the problem.                                                                            

Data is important to demonstrate that a problem exists and to support your position.  Look for facts that are relevant to your audience. For instance, state data would be important to a state legislator or a member of Congress from your state, while facility data would be used when talking to a nursing home official.    

4. Share a story or give an example of the problem.  

An example or story puts a human face on the issue and makes it real and more compelling. Again, make sure the example is relevant to your audience, such as an experience a constituent had in a legislator’s district or a resident had in the administrator’s nursing home). 

5. Connect the issue to the audience’s values, concerns or self-interest.  

Show your audience how this interest fits with what they care about, want or need.  Learn what you can about the person.  For example, is the legislator an opponent of “big government?”  or a  champion of social issues?  Is the nursing home administrator concerned about the facility’s reputation in the community or about competition with other nursing homes in the area?