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Walden University
Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health
NURS 6050
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(Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment)
Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment for Part 1 and Part 2
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
Identify the Population Health concern you selected.
Opioid crisis
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it. Deaths related to drug overdose are on the rise in America according to a 2017 health report. According to CDC reports, over 700,000 deaths occurred between 1999 and 2017 (Sederer & Marino, 2018). Statistics show that 130 people die daily due to opioids overdose. According to the U.S. Department of Human and Health Services, an increase in opioid prescription leads to an opioid crisis (Sederer & Marino, 2018). The addictive nature of opioids increases the risk of the crisis.
Administration (President Name) President Trump President Obama President Bush
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents.
In 2017, President Trump declared the opioid crisis as a healthcare emergency. In 2018, the president developed an initiative called Safer Prescribing Plan to stop the prescription of opioids to people thus exposing people to the risk of addiction (Ogawa, 2018).
President Obama initiated plans to stop the opioid crisis. The programs and initiatives involved prevention of prescription, monitoring the prescription, and treatments to Help the addicted people (Congress, 2019).
President George Bush initiate programs to fund schools to test individuals to identify and help people with opioid addiction. The funding was crucial in developing community support programs (Ogawa, 2018).
Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue. In 2018, President Trump signed a $6 billion funding to combat opioid crisis (White House, 2018). In 2016, President Obama signed a $1.1 billion funding to fight the opioid crisis (Congress, 2019). In 2000, President Bush initiated plans to provide 600 million for drug vouchers to the addicts. He signed $23 million to schools to supply drug testing kits to save the lives of students (White House, 2018).
Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.
President Trump approached the issue using three strategies.
Part 1. Educate the addicts and vulnerable people and reduce demand of opioids (White House, 2018).
Part 2. Cut the supply of opioid from local and international suppliers (White House, 2018).
Part 3. Help those with addiction through evidence-based treatment.
President Trump initiated Safer Prescribing Plan to cut the prescription of opioids by a third in three years (White House, 2018).
The president initiated programs to educate people about dangers of opioids and provided treatment to the addicts (White House, 2018).
President Obama initiated a Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2016 (Congress, 2019).
The regulation comprises six pillars including, prevention, treatment, criminal justice reforms, recovery, law enforcement, and overdose reversal.
President Bush initiated programs to channel funds to communities to prevent addiction and provide solutions to the addicts such as supportive strategies (Christie et al., 2017).
Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis
Administration (President Name) President Trump President Obama President Bush
Which administrative agency would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected?
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (White House, 2018). The agencies are crucial in expanding access to care, prevent diversion, and support services for every U.S. citizen (Ogawa, 2018).
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The agencies are crucial in expanding access to care, prevent diversion, and support services for every U.S. citizen (Congress, 2019).
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The agencies are crucial in expanding access to care, prevent diversion, and support services for every U.S. citizen (Congress, 2019).
How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the agenda for the current and two previous presidents? How does it stay there? Opioid crisis can get into the agenda of President Trump since he is passionate about closing the borders and cutting the supplies of the opioids (Ogawa, 2018). It will be sustained through the funding and programs initiated by the president. President Trump declared the opioid crisis as a health emergency thus calling for a heads-on approach to fight the issue (Ogawa, 2018). The initiative would match with Obama’s Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2016. The agenda of the president was to develop a comprehensive approach to support and empower stakeholders in the opioid crisis (Congress, 2019). The program would get into President Bush’s agenda since it focuses on community support. Communities are crucial in the fight against the opioid crisis. Provision of funding to schools would be crucial in preventing new addicts (Ogawa, 2018).
Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor of the healthcare issue you selected for the current and two previous presidents? President Trump is the best sponsor or champion since he was calling for efforts to cut down supply chains of the drugs (White House, 2018). President Obama’s comprehensive approach makes him second best sponsor to address the opioid crisis (Congress, 2019). President Bush’s approach of fighting the crisis from the grassroots including communities and schools is a prudent approach to adders the opioid crisis (Christie et al., 2017). The plan would go along with President Obama’s Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The president’s plan was to come up with a comprehensive plan to help and empower those affected by the opioid crisis (Congress, 2019). Since the program is about helping the community, it would fit into President Bush’s plans. In the fight to stop the opioid crisis, communities are very important. Giving money to schools would be the best way to stop people from becoming addicts (Ogawa, 2018).
Who would you pick to be the founder, champion, or sponsor of the healthcare issue you chose for the current president and the two presidents before him?
President Trump is the best backer or supporter because he called for efforts to cut down on drug supply chains (White House, 2018).
With his all-around approach, President Obama is the second best person to help solve the opioid crisis (Congress, 2019).
President Bush’s plan to fight the opioid crisis from the ground up, including in communities and schools, is a smart way to deal with it (Christie et al., 2017).
Narrative with the Facts
The efforts made by the various presidents are crucial in ending the opioid crisis in the country. Starting with former President Bush who was seeking to eliminate the risk from the grassroots to President Trump was seeking to cut the supply chains (White House, 2018). The effort by former President Obama is crucial since it comprises stakeholders such as law enforcement, prevention, treatment, criminal justice reforms, recovery, and overdose reversal. The efforts are crucial and they can help the country to overcome the opioid crisis. One of the efforts the presidents have missed is to change the behavior or perception of drugs (Christie et al., 2017). President Obama made efforts to show that various parties were crucial in alleviating the risk of opioids. The opioid crisis requires a comprehensive and multi-layered approach since other drugs such as alcohol and marijuana play a role in the addiction of opioids (Christie et al., 2017). It is the responsibility of future governments to design quality, reliable, and sustainable approaches to address the addiction of opioids.
The health issue is important since it would eliminate several risks to the deterioration of risks and deaths. The discussion is crucial since it would help the policy makers to develop policies that will ensure quality response to the opioid crisis. A discussion with a policy maker would be essential in evaluating the policies made by the former presidents and the measures needed in the future.
The role of a nurse in the healthcare issue is to educate the patients about the risks of opioid abuse. Another role is to treat the patients with quality care. For example, treating addiction among the patients is crucial in reducing the negative effects of the disease. Nurses have a role to ensure they advocate for better policies to reduce the negative effects of the opioid crisis in the country.
Conclusion
The opioid crisis is a major issue affecting communities through deaths and poor health. The crisis increases the rate of crime and poor work performance. Three presidents including Trump, Obama, and Bush have made efforts to over the issue. Deaths related to drug overdose are on the rise in America according to a 2017 health report. According to CDC reports, over 700,000 deaths occurred between 1999 and 2017. Statistics show that 130 people die daily due to opioids overdose. The massive death is a representation of the gravity of the problem. One of the important agencies in the fight against the opioid crisis is the U.S. Department of Human and Health Services. The three presidents have initiated different programs to curb the crisis. The deployment of the workforce and the provision of funds is crucial in eliminating the obstacles to the escalating opioid crisis. Behavior change is another important factor that community workers and government officials should cultivate to change the mindset about drugs. Governments should eliminate the supply chains that expose innocent children who take the drugs for the first time and later become regular customers.
References
Christie, C., Baker, C., Cooper, R., Kennedy, P. J., Madras, B., & Bondi, P. (2017). The president’s commission on combating drug addiction and the opioid crisis. Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, Nov, 1.
Congress, U. S. (2019). Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. In US Congress.
Corrigan, P. W., & Nieweglowski, K. (2018). Stigma and the public health agenda for the opioid crisis in America. International Journal of Drug Policy, 59, 44-49.
Ogawa, L. M. (2018). Focus: Sensory Biology and Pain: On the Opioid Crisis and the Future of Pain Treatment: An Interview with Bertha K. Madras, PhD. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 91(1), 73.
Sederer, L. I., & Marino, L. A. (2018). Ending the opioid epidemic by changing the culture. Psychiatric quarterly, 89(4), 891-895.
White House. (2018). Ending America’s Opioid Crisis. White House. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids/
