Format a health policy brief. A policy brief presents a concise summary of information that can help readers understand, and likely make decisions about, government policies. Policy briefs may give objective summaries of relevant research, suggest possible policy options, or go even further and argue for particular courses of action. The goal of this final assignment is to learn how to explore a health policy topic from a variety of perspectives, using this information as a foundation for policy development and advocacy. In addition to the text (including appendices), some sources for identifying a topic for a Health Policy Analysis and for exploring aspects of the topic are:

Kaiser Family Foundation - http://kff.org

National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org

Pew Research Center - http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - http://www.rwjf.org/en/topics.html

World Bank - http://data.worldbank.org/topic

World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/topics/en/