Read the Below and simply choose a country and a topic (preferabbly one you're well familiar with). Once you've selected topic and country, i'll decide if you can work with me the duration of this course as a team.

Week 1: Topic Selection

Choose A Topic!

1. Select a suggested topic from this list for your primary focus.

2. Post your choice to your Adopt A Country! thread of Week 1.

Discuss the pros and cons of a particular health policy issue of interest to you and offer a recommendation based on your research and analysis about the particular issue. Choose a topic that will push you to take strong positions. The range of health care "system" issues is broad with many possibilities for selection. Select one issue from the following list for your focus. Any other issue not on this list requires prior approval from the teaching team --- submit a brief request (no more than one short paragraph) with your topic of interest and rationale for study.

- Nutrition or Malnutrition
- Obesity or Childhood Obesity
- Dietary Supplements
- Tuberculosis
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious Disease outbreaks/control
- Hospital Acquired Conditions
- Disability Awareness/Rehabilitation
- Long Term Care
- Hospice/End of Life Care
- Mental Health/Illness
- Substance Abuse
- Tobacco Use
- Maternal or Neonatal Health/Mortality
- Child or Adolescent Health
- Elders/Aging
- Wellness
- Immunization/Vaccination
- Immigration or refugees or undocumented status
- Travel or tourism
- Technology Innovations
- Generic drugs
- Rural Issues
- Urban Issues

- This effort should not be a focus on procedure. What's the difference between policies and procedures? A policy communicates principles. The main difference between a policy and procedure is that a policy communicates a direction whereas a procedure communicates the steps you take to move in the desired direction. Policy addresses the "what" and procedure answers the "how" question.