Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy/Assessment 3 Write a letter to the editor of an academic or professional journal. The length and format of the letter is dictated by your choice of journal

Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy/Assessment 3
Write a letter to the editor of an academic or professional journal. The length and format of the letter is dictated by your choice of journal.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Advocating for new policies is an important aspect of the master’s-prepared nurse. For new policies to be compelling they need to be supported by evidence. Supporting data can be used to illustrate why new policies and interventions are needed to help address a specific health issue. Compelling data can help sway the stakeholders and gain support for your policy
Another aspect of advocacy is disseminating new policies and interventions outside of the immediate care environment. This can be done by reaching out to professional organizations as well as academic and professional journals. A letter to the editor is one strategy for disseminating information to a wider audience, and to potentially enlist support throughout the wider professional community.
Suggested resources
• Jansson, B. S., Nyamathi, A., Heidemann, G., Bird, M., Rogers Ward, C., Brown-Saltzman, K., . . . Kaplan, C. (2016). Predicting levels of policy advocacy engagement among acute-care health professionals. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 17(1), 43–55.
• Kung, Y. M., & Rudner Lugo, N. (2015). Political advocacy and practice barriers: A survey of Florida APRNs. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(3), 145–151.
• Standing up for somebody: What is advocacy and why do we do it? (2014). The Queensland Nurse, 33(3), 28–29.
Biopsychosocial (Population and Public Health)
• Richmond, S. A., D’Cruz, J., Lokku, A., MacPherson, A., Howard, A., & MacArthur, C. (2016). Trends in unintentional injury mortality in Canadian children 1950–2009 and association with selected population-level interventions. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(4/5), e431–e437.
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Doria, J. B. (2014). A culturally congruent education group: An evidence-based approach to improve prenatal care utilization. Journal of Nursing Practice Applications & Reviews of Research, 4(2), 94–101.
• Letters to the Editor
• Donzelli, A. (2015). E-cigarettes may impair ability to quit, but other explanations are possible. American Journal of Public Health, 105(11), 1.
• Lutwak, N., Dill, C., Blosnich, J. R., Bossarte, R. M., &Silenzio, V. M. B. (2012). Improved health care for sexual minority and transgender veterans. American Journal of Public Health, 102(8), E10–E11.
• Pharmacology
• Åkesson, A., Larsson, S. C., Discacciati, A., &Wolk, A. (2014). Low-risk diet and lifestyle habits in the primary prevention of myocardial infarction in men. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 64(13), 1299–1306.
• Policy
• Olson, K. (2016). Influence through policy: Four steps YOU can take. Reflections on Nursing Leadership, 42(2), 1–3.
Prevention
• Berger-Jenkins, E., Rausch, J., Okah, E., Tsao, D., Nieto, A., Lyda, E., . . . McCord, M. (2014). Evaluation of a coordinated school-based obesity prevention program in a Hispanic community: Choosing Healthy and Active Lifestyles for Kids/Healthy Schools Healthy Families. American Journal of Health Education, 45(5), 261–270.
• Institute for Work & Health. (n.d.). What researchers mean by… primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Retrieved from http://www.iwh.on.ca/wrmb/primary-secondary-and-tertiary-prevention

Instructions
LIST OF JOURNAL
NursingSchool.org. (2017). Ultimate list of nursing journals. Retrieved from http://nursingschool.org/ultimate-list-of-nursing-journals/
Specifically; journal of addictions nursing via google/google scholarly
Choose from one of the journals on the Ultimate List of Nursing Journals (in the Resources) and go to that journal’s Web site to find out the requirements for submitting a letter to the editor, such as format requirements, topics, and word counts. Make sure you select a nursing journal that covers the topic about which you are going to write. If you want to use another journal that is not on this list, please make sure the journal does address health care, because this is the purpose of the assessment.
Note: I have requested 4 resources in my order and 3 pages. I am hoping that it will correspond to the above requirement.
The goal of your letter is to be informative about the policy that you developed for Assessment 2, while also being persuasive about the need for and benefit of similar policies in other health care settings.

Additional Requirements
The submission requirements for your editorial will depend on the journal you choose. To find out the requirements, go to the journal’s Web site. There should be a section regarding submissions that will address how to format letters to the editor, and whether there is a word count limit (there usually is a limit).
If the journal does not have submission guidelines for the number of resources required, use 3–5 sources.
To be sure that your instructor knows the submission and formatting requirements for your letter, include the journal’s guidelines on a separate page at the end of the document you submit for this assessment.
Scoring Guide
Evaluates the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population. Identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty (where further information could improve the evaluation).
Analyzes how the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population necessitates health policy development and advocacy. Identifies areas of ambiguity or uncertainty where additional information could help to improve clarity.
Justifies why a developed policy will be vital in improving the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population. Impartially considers other perspectives.
Advocates for policy development in other care settings with regard to a specific issue in a target population. Acknowledges potential challenges to policy development
Analyzes the ways in which interprofessional aspects of a developed policy will support efficient and effective achievement of desired outcomes for the target population. Identifies areas of ambiguity or uncertainty where additional information could help to improve clarity.
Communicates in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Identifies specific strategies or approaches used to ensure clear communication.
Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references. Citations are free from all errors

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