Choose a local public health issue that you are interested in improving and, using course material and evidence from the literature, write a letter to the appropriate minister asking them to support...

Choose a local public health issue that you are interested in improving and, using course material and evidence from the literature, write a letter to the appropriate minister asking them to support your request for a new policy or a change of an existing policy in relation to your chosen health issue.
In your letter, and using supportive evidence from the literature, discuss your policy/policy change request whilst addressing the following:
1. What is the health issue? Describe it and its relevance to public health in Australia.
2. Who will the policy or policy change affect and how?
3. Who is involved in its implementation? What is the role of the stakeholders involved?
4. Why do we need this policy or policy change to take place? Discuss this using one example from another part of the world in which such a policy does or does not exist and the difference in consequences this has on their population health.
2.
3. Use statistics, evidence, and facts to support your arguments and co
ectly reference all the sources used (APA referencing style) – this includes in-text as well as a list of references.
To: The Prime Minister
Subject: Local Health Issue and Awareness
Dear respected Prime Minister,
Reforms in the healthcare system are imperative to improve the medical services of the hospitals as the government has reformed the National Health Care system and rules, which has certainly helped people a lot (REFERENCE). The primary health networks along with the community management schemes help the various components of the healthcare system run efficiently to provide flexibility to the entire healthcare service (REFERENCE). In present days the issue that has been consuming the minds of the public-health workers are the increasing scare for obesity. People are less warned about the causes of obesity and also not very much careful about their diets. However, there are certain diseases that people are still ignoring due to their lack of awareness.
Obesity in Australia should be prioritised in order to eradicate other associated illnesses like type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary heart attacks, hypertension, and other chronic diseases. Children are the most crucial in this health issue. Their food habits and lack of care and knowledge of parents are the reason behind this. Australians aged 13 and above have been reported to be the most obese among the entire population. There has been a spike in adult fatness with rise in health complications, amongst the obese since the last decade from 19.9% to 28.5% (REFERENCE). Major healthcare facilities in Australia treat multiple patients that receive healthcare for one condition, but later become ca
iers of associated infections from wellness care facilities, hospitals, and other surgical centers. It puts significant amount of medical and financial strain in the patients (Pramono, 2021, p.10). These cause multiple health related infections and even death in the patients in Australia.
Thorough healthcare programs must be prioritised in order to screen, immunize, and prevent chronic diseases with medical facilities and other pharmaceutical benefits. What the healthcare workers can do at the fundamental level can assist in delivering health related promotional messages about the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and promoting the need for physical activity with the help of the media in schools and colleges. By providing financial revenues, such that increasing the price of food items with high sugar or fat content and limiting the exposure of children to fast foods through public service announcements and advertisements (Leske, 2021, p.60). A comprehensive food label with informed details about the nutritional efficacy is charted out to help the kids and their parents make better choices. Encouragement of the primary healthcare physicians at all levels of counseling must be taken into best practice in order to help the parents make a healthy lifestyle choice.
The division between the federal and the te
itorial funding system, along with the stakeholders’ responsibility to navigate through the entire healthcare system is done in a bid to take up healthcare responsibilities collaboratively by the state and te
itory governments. The system executives of the hospital are managed by the state, whereas the federal government retains the prime responsibility of the primary healthcare. The union of the state and the federation comes into assisting the private hospitals in licensing the regulation of the health insurance. The complexity in challenging integrated avenues of cu
ent healthcare is in synchronization with long-term health benefits. This co-ordinated access to primary and secondary healthcare services to annihilate chronic illnesses requires conditional care access across communal, central, and acute healthcare sectors.
The health care workers also should spread awareness about this particular health issue and its related diseases. If Schools will provide a special class regarding this health issues and related diseases, the food habits, good health habits then the children will get proper knowledge. Also, parents should be provided with proper guidance by the health care workers. Weekly flyer providing or advertisement on television cam also increase awareness in the people about obesity.
The stakeholders must have sufficient funds to provide healthcare facilities to the general public through prevention campaigns, and multiple treatment schemes by the healthcare workers. These need co-ordinated initiative and sustained guidance from the investing associates. Promotion of integrated healthcare by responsible up
inging of acute care across all levels of governance should be done with utmost consciousness. Implementation of a uniform method of systemic electronic systemic healthcare to promote and transfer services across homes and care centers promotes a multidisciplinary co-ordinated eco-system of wellness programs (Ha
is, XXXXXXXXXXThe stakeholders should be financially adept at providing incentives and integrated care to improve the quality of care, thereby increasing the engagement of preventive wellness.
The needs for quality care demand procedural accuracy. Neither oversupply, nor under supply of healthcare provisions must be entertained at any cost. The raters of treatment vary across regions, with variations in the disease. As the Australian medical practioners prescribe more volumes of antimicrobials than any other countries in the OECD region, inappropriate drug medication might risk washing out of a large volume of the population at once. More administration of antibiotics on a certain individual might create more chances of bacterial resistance. Comparative rates of high surgical interventions suggest that clinical needs of patients far outweigh the growing demands of the population. In order to ameliorate the huge health crisis, a continuous monitoring of the variety of healthcare must be done to raise public awareness (Davey, XXXXXXXXXXThe practice patterns of the doctors must be refined in order to ensure better treatment practice. Clinical guidelines with proper decision tools must be supported in order to promote wise medical treatment. The obligations in primary healthcare facilities must however be discussed with the consulting partners to conduct better service through proper epidemiological surveillance. Collaboration amongst the various public health practitioners along with the policymakers help in regulating the framework for better health policies. Examining the effectiveness of the health programs must be thoroughly scrutinized across councils to maintain public safety and development.
Therefore, my request to you is please look after this matter. If you accept my heartily request to grow awareness about this health issue, then people will gain knowledge about this and will change their habits, children of our nation will also lead a good future.
Please consider my request through this letter and oblige me and your nation as well.
Yours sincerely,
Imaan Jaffri.
    
Reference list
Quigley, A. L., Stone, H., Nguyen, P. Y., Chughtai, A. A., & MacIntyre, C. R XXXXXXXXXXEstimating the burden of COVID-19 on the Australian healthcare workers and health system during the first six months of the pandemic. International journal of nursing studies, 114, 103811
Pramono, A., Smith, J., Desborough, J., & Bourke, S XXXXXXXXXXSocial value of maintaining baby-friendly hospital initiative accreditation in Australia: case study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 1-12.
Leske, S., Kõlves, K., Crompton, D., Arensman, E., & De Leo, D XXXXXXXXXXReal-time suicide mortality data from police reports in Queensland, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic: an inte
upted time-series analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(1), 58-63.
Ha
is, P., McManus, P., Sainsbury, P., Viliani, F., & Riley, E XXXXXXXXXXThe institutional dynamics behind limited human health considerations in environmental assessments of coal mining projects in New South Wales, Australia. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 86, 106473.
Gardiner, F. W., & Coleman, M XXXXXXXXXXWestern Australia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(1), 22.
Davey, R. X XXXXXXXXXXHealth Disparities among Australia’s Remote-Dwelling Aboriginal People: A Report from 2020. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 6(1), XXXXXXXXXX.
Williams, O. D., Dean, J. A., Crothers, A., Gilks, C. F., & Gow, J XXXXXXXXXXEconomic evaluation of alternative testing regimes and settings to detect undiagnosed HIV in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 1-12.

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95726    Assessment    3:    Policy    Written    Exercise XXXXXXXXXXWorth: 30% of final mark.
Intent: Students will gain an understanding of how public health policy decisions are made and how they affect different parts of society. The activity facilitates 
understanding for complexity of situations in a public health context. 

Criterion High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail
Co
ectly identifies an
existing public health
issue requiring
attention or change

(10%)
Comprehensible,
coherent and appropriate
introduction of the health
issue and policy (or lack
of). Superior use of
evidence;

AND

Very few grammatical
e
ors; appropriate
vocabulary; logical flow
of sentences in
paragraphs (level 3).
Comprehensible,
coherent and appropriate
introduction of the health
issue and policy (or lack
of). Excellent use of
evidence;

AND

Very few grammatical
e
ors; appropriate
vocabulary; logical flow
of sentences in
paragraphs (level 3).
Generally comprehensible,
coherent and sound
introduction to the health
issue and policy (or lack of).
Good use of evidence;

AND / OR

Some e
ors in grammar and
vocabulary but they do not
affect clarity. Paragraphs
mostly well structured (level
2).
Generally comprehensible
and coherent but a limited
introduction to the health
issue without clear links to
policy. Satisfactory use of
evidence;

AND / OR

Some e
ors in grammar
and vocabulary but they do
not affect clarity.
Paragraphs mostly well
structured (level 2).
Superficial or insufficient
description of the public
health issue; limited links to
policy. Limited and/or
inappropriate use of
evidence;
AND / OR
The writing requires