The following learning objective(s) are addressed by this assessment:
Create policy efforts at the institutional, local, state, and/or federal levels.
Instructions
Policies are implemented with the goal of increasing quality of life and civic involvement. But is this usually the case?
Consider the community in which you reside.
Determine three challenges affecting your community’s health (ex: diabetes, depression, teen pregnancy).
Briefly outline the amount of government participation in each subject.
Could more or less government participation help these issues?
Propose solutions to the three problems.
Please use APA citations and references to back up your thoughts and opinions.
Overview
Important Federal Initiatives
The federal government is emphasizing the importance of evidence and the necessity to have an evidence basis to back its policies and activities. This study relies on a long history of research and assessment across several Federal agencies. Common Standards for Education Research and Development Proposals: Advances in Articulating Common Standards for Research and Explorations of Common Frameworks presents advances in articulating common standards for research and explorations of common frameworks.
Exploring a Cross-Agency Platform for Judging Evidence: Resources for Federal Agencies is a collaboration between NSF and the U.S. Department of Education.
Increased federal assistance, notably from Congress and various federal agencies, has been provided to identify evidence-based initiatives, identify evidence-informed methods, and support their implementation.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided government-wide instructions to all agencies producing budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2014, emphasizing the “need to employ evidence and rigorous assessment in budget, management, and policy choices to make government run efficiently.”