Assignment: Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement
If you talk about a possible poor health outcome, do you believe that outcome will occur? Do you believe eye contact and personal contact should be avoided?
You would have a difficult time practicing as a nurse if you believed these to be true. But they are very real beliefs in some cultures.
Differences in cultural beliefs, subcultures, religion, ethnic customs, dietary customs, language, and a host of other factors contribute to the complex environment that surrounds global healthcare issues. Failure to understand and account for these differences can create a gulf between practitioners and the public they serve.
In this Assignment, you will examine a global health issue and consider the approach to this issue by the United States and by one other country. USE KENYA
To Prepare:
Review the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global health agenda and select one global health issue to focus on for this Assignment.
Select at least one additional country to compare to the U.S. for this Assignment.
Reflect on how the global health issue you selected is approached in the U.S. and in the additional country you selected.
Review and download the Global Health Comparison Matrix provided in the Resources.
The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Global Health Comparison Matrix; 1-page Plan for Social Change)
Part 1: Global Health Comparison Matrix
Focusing on the country you selected and the U.S., complete the Global Health Comparison Matrix. Be sure to address the following:
Consider the U.S. national/federal health policies that have been adapted for the global health issue you selected from the WHO global health agenda. Compare these policies to the additional country you selected for study.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each policy.
Explain how the social determinants of health may impact the global health issue you selected. Be specific and provide examples.
Using the WHO’s Organization’s global health agenda as well as the results of your own research, analyze how each country’s government addresses cost, quality, and access to the global health issue selected.
Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the health of the global population. Be specific and provide examples.
Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the role of the nurse in each country.
Explain how global health issues impact local healthcare organizations and policies in both countries. Be specific and provide examples.
Part 2: A Plan for Social Change
Reflect on the global health policy comparison and analysis you conducted in Part 1 of the Assignment and the impact that global health issues may have on the world, the U.S., your community, as well as your practice as a nurse leader.
In a 1-page response, create a plan for social change that incorporates a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Explain how you would advocate for the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens might impact your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice as a nurse leader represents and contributes to social change. Be specific and provide examples
Assignment: Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement
Part 1: Global Health Comparison Grid Template
| Global Healthcare Issue |
Coronavirus |
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| Description |
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus
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| Country | United States
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Kenya |
| Describe the policy in each country related to the identified healthcare issue | Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act and Families First Coronavirus Response Act to support testing, treatment, and research on possible vaccine (IMF, 2020). | · Lack of precise policy, but set aside Ksh40 billion for Covid-related expenses, such as testing and treatment (IMF, 2020).
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| What are the strengths of this policy? | The policy’s strength is the financial support for actions geared towards the control of COVID-19 and addressing financial and social needs of Americans. | The strength of the policy is the financial support to relieve Kenyans the burden of testing and treatment of COVID-19. |
| What are the weaknesses of this policy? | The weakness of the policy is the lack of contingency long-term plans to deal with the crisis, which is still ongoing, such as what could happen if the effort to create a vaccine fails. | The weakness of the policy is that is has not been passed in parliament and gazetted for long-term support for COVID-related challenges, social and economic. |
| Explain how the social determinants of health may impact the specified global health issue. (Be specific and provide examples)
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Social determinants of health are the “conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age and the systems put in place to deal with illness” (McNeely, Schintler, & Stabile, 2020, 207). The factors that affect COVID-19 control efforts in the US include employment, housing, transportation, and social environment since they affect social distancing policies. |
Income and wealth, healthcare system, education, and employment are some of the factors that affect COVID-19 control efforts in Kenya since they hinder social distancing measures. |
| How has each country’ government addressed cost, quality, and access to the selected global health issue? | The US government has created a kitty to help in the fight against COVID-19 and to ensure Americans have quality health care when infected. The finances help in testing, therapies, and vaccine development.
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Kenya has set aside finances to help in dealing with the disease, such as to support testing, treatment and research. |
| How has the identified health policy impacted the health of the global population? (Be specific and provide examples) | The health policy is part of the global efforts to deal with COVID-19. The US success in controlling the spread will be felt by the global population.
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When Kenya succeeds in controlling the spreading of COVID-19, the world population will benefit since the disease is a global pandemic. |
| Describe the potential impact of the identified health policy on the role of nurse in each country. | Nurses are in the forefront in the effort to fight against COVID-19 since they are frontline workers and first responders (Meghani & Lalani, 2020). They benefit from controlling the disease since they are at risk and would want successful treatment for their patients. | Nurses are affected by the policy since they are frontliners and first responders. They benefit from controlling the disease since they are at risk and would want successful treatment for their patients. |
| Explain how global health issues impact local healthcare organizations and policies in both countries. (Be specific and provide examples) | Global issues affect local healthcare organizations and policies in the US since it is a world economy and one of the centers of power in global challenges, including those affecting health care.
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The global partners in health, such as WHO, provide financial and social support to help local healthcare organizations and policies to deal with health challenges, such as COVID-19. |
| General Notes/Comments | The US has a clear policy to deal with the global health crisis of COVID-19 | Kenya needs more efforts to create a defined policy to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. |
Part 2: A Plan for Social Change
The COVID-19 pandemic as a global health issue is affecting the country, my community, and my practice as a nurse leader. Although the country has policies to help in the fight against the pandemic, research reveals the ongoing and evolving role of the nurse to streamline the policies to ensure that they are suitable to deal with a health crisis (Corless et al., 2018; Milstead & Short, 2019). I would propose a plan for change that includes direct involvement of the nurse leader in policy creation and changes since they have a deeper understanding of how the crisis unfolds. I would work as a bridge between my local practice and the global community, from a policy level, to ensure that policies reflect the global need for changes at the policy level. My role as the nurse leader and the incorporation of a global perspective into my local practice will equip nurses and other care providers with necessary resources to deal with global health challenges, such as COVID-19 and ensure social changes, such as helping the society to embrace social distancing.
References
Corless, I. B., Nardi, D., Milstead, J. A., Larson, E., Nokes, K. M., Orsega, S., Kurth, A. E., … Woith, W. (2018). Expanding nursing’s role in responding to global pandemics. Nursing Outlook, 66(4), 412–415.
IMF (2020). Policy Responses to COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19
McNeely, C. L., Schintler, L. A., & Stabile, B. (2020). Social Determinants and COVID‐19 Disparities: Differential Pandemic Effects and Dynamics. World Medical & Health Policy, 12(3), 206-217.
Meghani, S., & Lalani, N. (2020). Critical Care Nurses as Frontline Warriors During COVID-19 in Pakistan. Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing, 13(4), 196-201.
Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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