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Question 1: “There Oughta be a Law”. Propose legislation or a policy that will benefit the public’s health. Explore the evidence and ethics that lead to your proposed law. Also explore the potential benefits, support and opposition to your proposal. Describe the groups who will support and those who will oppose your proposed law. Propose a strategy to bring the stakeholders together in a coalition to advocate for the policy.

Answer 1

There are many laws proposed, approved and enacted for public health. According to your question I should propose a legislation or policy that will benefit public's health.In this time of global pandemic health has become a major concern. People are trying to be as safe as they could be. So the best policy which can be proposed is COMPULSORY CHECKUP. In this proposed law everyone must do a regular checkup of their health . But the concerns are field and guidance. So, field can be the government . The question is how? In the law COMPULSORY CHECKUP , the idea is to make each and every indivdual make aware of their health by doing a regular checkup of their body in a hospital or any other center. Now, , the elite group or the middle class can afford a regular checkup but the people belonging to the lower class cannot afford a regular monthly checkup. So, the idea is to make a support system for this ,i.e, the government. This policy as it says compulsory, thus cannot be implemented without the due permission of the government. Moreover, Government when approves this kind of policy then it is advertised in the media . So, rather than doing it privately (which cannot help you to take it to the another level) you should do it with the ruling power. The policy can help in giving employment too. Because it is not possible for the to handle the mass rush in clinics and hospitals every month including each and everyday , where everyone going for their monthly compulsory health checkup. So, the idea is that this will lead to the opening of numerous centers for the checkup. This will lead to a good number of seats and employment for the people. Also, this regular checkup will help in economic benefit in health sector. THis can also help in decreasing mortality rate as people will be aware about their physical problems and concerns and will work on it. This can also be beneficial in knowing various kind of diseases and can make aware of new disease/virus/infections that may cause global pandemic too. The next concern is to make it global. To make it a global policy a great team will be needed . The governments, the doctors, specialists, people from health and public sectors and importantly the PUBLIC . The support of the public is must in every case. The support of health care providers are must because they may go against this policy when they'll be asked to do free checkups to the poors. Health programs do not achieve their potential impact in many cases whereas other programs succeed in improving health outcomes drastically. Limited and unstable funding, lack of automatic means to track and improve performance, workforce limitations, and insufficient political commitment can all cause public health programs to fail. Implementation can succeed and be sustained if organizations and coalitions effectively address 6 key areas: innovation, a rigorously established technical package, management, partnerships, communication, and political commitment.Compelling data and evidence for action, broad coalitions, and effective communication generate and sustain the political commitment necessary for successful public health action. To improve public health programs, it is often essential to highlight unacceptable existing disease burdens, health outcomes, disparities, and threats to health. It is also useful to provide real-life examples of individuals harmed by failure to act or benefited by specific programs. Effective coalitions with key support and leadership from individuals and groups outside of government are often essential for progress. An effective and coordinated alliance of political, technical, and managerial leadership can increase the likelihood of implementation of programs that protect and improve the public’s health.