Advocacy Letter

      You continue to enjoy your summer legislative internship in Minnesota. Since you submitted your public health issue and policy review, the chief of staff, legislative director, and the legislator have met to discuss it. Strong support is building for the public health issue you selected and presented in your policy review. Several other legislators have contacted the office to express their support for legislative action on this public health issue. As a result, you have received another assignment. Building on your previous work (the public health issue and policy review), you have been asked to continue working on your identified public health issue. For one of the three legislative actions you described previously, you are to develop a 1–2-page advocacy letter, written in the legislator’s voice, requesting another legislator's support. Remember several legislators have already expressed their support directly to the legislator's office. Demonstration of Proficiency By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assignment scoring guide criteria: ● Competency 1: Explain the impact of policies and legislation on individual and population health. ○ Concisely state the advocacy letter’s purpose in the first paragraph. ● Competency 3: Describe the relationship between cost, quality, and outcomes in determining public health funding decision-making. ○ Provide a summary of the public health issue and one recent, relevant legislative action, including the implementation level and a measurable outcome. ○ Explain how two key stakeholder groups’ support could advance the new legislation’s development and implementation. ● Competency 4: Develop policies that maximize the positive impacts of social and economic determinants on the health of individuals, communities, and populations.