HLTH 507 Liberty University Public Health Funding Report
Question Description
Long-term underfunding for public health is a major concern for public health professionals. Budgeting for public health programs is often the task given to public health administrators. Review the reports by Trust for Americas Health, A funding crisis for public health and safety and Promoting Health and Cost Control in States.
Provide an overview of the two reports and include a critical analysis of how you think the two reports are linked. How can public health professionals utilize these reports to create funding opportunities, accurate budgets, or programs as administrators in public health organizations?
Next, choose one of the Policy Goals outlined in Promoting Health Cost Control in States, describe how you would advocate for this goal in your state legislature. What steps would you take to introduce a bill outlining how the state could adopt this policy goal? Who would you partner with? Describe what process the bill would need to go through to be adopted by the state. How would you use evidence-based resources to support your efforts and advocacy?
AMA style formatting, in-text referencing and reference section is required on all posts and replies.
TFAH-2018-InvestInAmericaRpt-FINAL.pdf
For each forum, post a thread in response to the topic prompt provided. Your thread must contain 300-400 words. This limit promotes writing that is thorough yet concise enough to permit your peers to read all the posts. Each thread must adhere to current AMA writing guidelines, and any references included in the thread must be formatted in current AMA style. Since this is a personal discussion, you are allowed to use first person perspective; however, you must maintain professional decorum in all your posts. Note that the grammar and capitalization characteristics of text messages and Facebook postings are not typically consistent with AMA writing guidelines.
To encourage your research skills and to add to the substance of your discussion – each forum should have a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed resources/references for your thread.
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