Criterion 1: Identify issues to propose an Advocacy Plan

Research three healthcare issues affecting your local community.
● You will contact either a local healthcare agency (i.e., County Health Department, etc.) or healthcare facility (i.e., clinic, hospital, or nursing home) to identify healthcare issues affecting the local community

Criterion 2: Preparing an Advocacy Plan

Includes all 4 of the elements to propose a healthcare advocacy plan:
● Explains the issues facing your community
● possible methods to alleviate the concern
● how you would ethically advocate for the respective population
● research the specific issues presented with credible sources (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Health, Census Bureau, etc.).

Criterion 3: Writing Requirements

All of the following elements are met:
● Displays college-level writing in Standard English free of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
● Minimal in-text citation errors such as a missing page number or a misplaced date may occur.
● Minimal paper formatting errors such as a misplaced margin may occur.
● Quotation marks and citations make authorship clear.
● Assignment is 3-page paper in length not including the title page and reference page.

Criterion 4: Academic references with in-text citations.

Includes three academic references from multiple outside sources and/or course materials as required.

HA405_1802C_-4.1: Develop a plan for healthcare advocacy.

Student work demonstrates the ability to formulate all the components of a healthcare advocacy plan.