Week 3 Assignment: Policy Brief You will create a policy brief that will either advocate reinforcement of the current Affordable Care Act policies or opt to advocate alternative healthcare policies. This brief is to be addressed to your local congressman/congresswoman.Select one of the following topics:Smoking in a designated areaFood service workers washing hands before food preparationHealthy food preparationThe brief:Title: Include a title page. A good title communicates the brief’s content in a short, easy-to-remember, wayExecutive summary: This section provides an overview of the problem and the proposed policy action (1–2 paragraphs).Problem context or scope: This section provides the reader with information on the importance of the problem, as well as the need for immediate (policy) action (2–3 paragraphs). Discuss the public health impacts both positive and negative in your community. State how the proposed policy changes will improve health in various populations.Policy alternatives: This section provides a review of the current policy approach and proposed options. The information/argument should be fair and accurate while convincing the reader why the policy action proposed will provide the most effective solution (1 page).Policy recommendations: This section presents a detailed explanation of the concrete steps to be initiated to address the policy issue (1 page).Conclusion: A conclusion paragraph with a closing, persuasive argument and summary statement.End of brief:References (APA), if neededAppendix section, if needed, to provide support information for the policy and strengthen the points made on behalf of the policyUse current APA formatting to style your paper and to cite your sources. Integrate your sources into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.Here are a few helpful tools for writing a policy brief. Note, you do not have to have your brief look like these, but rather they are examples to help you out.Make sure you include the requirements listed above.Policy Brief Toolkit:An overview of how to complete a policy brief from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)Reference: International Development Research Centre. (n. d.). How to write a policy brief. Retrieved from https://www.idrc.ca/sites/default/files/idrcpolicy...Example 1:From the WHOReference: World Health Organization. (2007). Sifting the evidence: Gender and tobacco control. Retrieved from www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/Sifting...Example 2:From the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)Reference: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. (2015). Policy paths for tackling climate change. Retrieved from https://www.oecd.org/environment/policy-paths-for-...See the rubric for specific grading criteria.

On the preceding "Overview" page were several bulleted points that characterize the Post-Modernist period in which we currently live along with a link to further your understanding. Considering our contemporary culture, select two (2) of the bulleted points below and discuss whether or not you feel the statements accurately reflect our culture. Cite specific examples of how these statements are accurate characterizations of this generation, or how they are not. There is no absolute truth - Postmodernists believe that the notion of truth is a contrived illusion, misused by people and special interest groups to gain power over others.Truth and error are synonymous - Facts, postmodernists claim, are too limiting to determine anything. Changing erratically, what is fact today can be false tomorrow.Self-conceptualization and rationalization - Traditional logic and objectivity are spurned by postmodernists. Preferring to rely on opinions rather than embrace facts, postmodernist spurn the scientific method.Traditional authority is false and corrupt - Postmodernists speak out against the constraints of religious morals and secular authority. They wage intellectual revolution to voice their concerns about traditional establishment.Ownership - They claim that collective ownership would most fairly administrate goods and services.Disillusionment with modernism - Postmodernists rue the unfulfilled promises of science, technology, government, and religion.Morality is personal - Believing ethics to be relative, postmodernists subject morality to personal opinion. They define morality as each person’s private code of ethics without the need to follow traditional values and rules.Globalization – Many postmodernists claim that national boundaries are a hindrance to human communication. Nationalism, they believe, causes wars. Therefore, postmodernists often propose internationalism and uniting separate countries.All religions are valid - Valuing inclusive faiths, postmodernists gravitate towards New Age religion. They denounce the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ as being the only way to God.Approx. 500 words.

When is the appropriate timing to talk with the client about assessments? Should this be a part of the intake process? Explain.