Briefing note and advocacy letter based on access to healthcare.
The topic/presentation is Access to health care. You are a nurse working for the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) in a policy position. You have been asked to prepare a briefing note for the CNA Board of Directors that offers
background information, analysis, and recommendations on a global health issue (taken from your topic/presentation).
Your briefing note will be on an issue that is related to your presentation topic (it does not have to be on the entire topic area – but on a component related to your presentation). Talk about how increasing social inequalities causes disparity issues between the poor and rich by limiting access to healthcare and affects global health.
In addition to the briefing note, you are asked to draft a one-page advocacy letter to a relevant
decision-maker that is related to the issues in your briefing note. Your briefing note should be a
maximum of 5 pages (not including title page or references), and should include the following
elements:
1. An introduction and brief summary of the issue/problem that the Canadian Nurses
Association needs to address – for example:
a. What is the problem?
b. Why is it a problem/how & why is it linked to global forces?
c. What are the health implications of this problem? For example:
i. How does it affect global health equity/inequity?
ii. Are problems experienced differently in developed versus developing countries?
d. How does the problem/issue affect nursing on a global scale?
i. What are the implications of this?
2. A discussion of policies/actions to address this global problem.
a. What solutions/actions/policies will address this global issue? Why? What is the evidence
supporting these solutions?
b. What should national/ provincial/ governments or non-government bodies do to address this
problem? Why?
3. A policy/advocacy plan for CNA to achieve the desired policy solutions.
a. What specific action/s should CNA advise the Canadian government/ICN/and provincial
nursing associations to take? Why?
Briefing note and advocacy letter based on access to healthcare
b. What actions should CNA take in cooperation with the provincial associations
i. Include supporting evidence for your recommendations, and the implications of not following
the recommendations.
The one-page advocacy letter from you as a nursing student will be addressed to a policy maker
(e.g., PM, Premier, etc.) encouraging/advocating for a specific policy action related to your
briefing note. The letter should be properly structured & organized and should clearly articulate
the policy action sought, and why it is recommended. The letter should be addressed to the
decision maker that is appropriate for the policy sought.
Additional Formatting Requirements for Briefing note:
▪ Title page with your name, student number, professor’s name, course, and date of submission
▪ 12-point font
▪ Double-spaced
▪ 1” margins
▪ Spell-checked
▪ APA Referencing
▪ Briefing note not to exceed 5 pages (not including references and title page).
Your advocacy letter will be an additional one-page. Briefing note + advocacy letter (NO
REFERENCES) =6 PAGES
▪ In your briefing note, please integrate your references within your discussion (as you
would in an essay) rather than having a “string” of direct quotes without your analysis.
▪ Please I have attached a copy of the BRIEFING NOTE Marking Rubric and the relevant
articles for your writing.
Formatting Requirements for Letter:
• Do not include references in your letter.
• Ensure letter is properly formatted (addressed and organized appropriately)
• This will be signed so create the space – as a nursing student.
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