Assignment

Management Action Plan (MAP): Chapter 28: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse

The development of legislation as a part of policy formulation begins by first clarifying a central problem or opportunity for improvement (OFI).

The major health resource and policy analysis areas discussed will be.

Chapter 28: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse (Erwin, P. C., & Brownson, R. C. (2017). Scutchfield and Keck's principles of public health practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.)

The paper should meet the criteria below as you clarify your problem or OFI.

• Clearly describe the problem or OFI you chose for your MAP.

• Why is it important to set an agenda to resolve this problem right now?

• What are the consequences of not resolving this problem right now?

• Explain how using evidence-based public health (EBPH) will help resolve this problem.

This part of the project should be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. It should be organized well and contain an introduction.

At a minimum, your textbook should be used as source material for this project. All sources used must be cited and referenced in APA style.

Note you must building on this assignment in the future.

References

All bill information (except text) for H.R. 1831 - Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016. (2016).

Erwin, P. C., & Brownson, R. C. (2017). Scutchfield and Keck's principles of public health practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

The process: Policy development. (n.d.).