Question

You create a health policy for reducing hypertension rates in the community of Newark, NJ. How would you pitch this idea to members of a council to get the policy created as a bill (proposed legislation). Who would the stakeholders be for this policy and what are 2 enabling factors that can help push the policy forward and 2 barriers for the policy blocking it from becoming a bill.

Answer 1

health policy in reducing hypertension rates

pitch the idea to members of council:

• include statistics of the hypertension rates
• include comorbidities of patients with chronic hypertension
• include outpatients services data for treating hypertension
• include the sales process of antihypertensives in the bussiness market
• include the long term effects of hypertension on people and health care

stakeholders for this policy:

• federal and state government
• private companies
• commuity people
• health care administrators
• health care professionals

enabling factors

• increased premature deaths
• long terms effects on people and health care

barriers:

• lack of awareness on the complications of hypertension
• preset mind and inability to change the sedentary life style habits among members