1) **********minimum 3 full pages ( not words)**************************** (cover or reference page not included) 

2)¨**********APA norms  ( All paragraphs need to be cited properly. All responses must be in a narrative format and each paragraph must have at least 4 sentences)

3)********** It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign 

4) **********References from the last 5 years  

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The questions don’t be must copied in the work. It must be identified by numbers. For example

1. Policy health issue is…………………………..

A) population …

B) Level…..

2. problem statement is………………………….

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The benchmark assesses the following competencies:

Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.

Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.

Write a policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

1. Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information:
   1. what population is affected,
   2. at what level does it occur (local, state, or national),
   3. evidence about the issues supported by resources.
2. Create a problem statement.
3. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy.
   1. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change.
   2. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
4. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system

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Multicultural competence is still evolving within the field of human and social services as the constructs and paradigms that undergird it continue to evolve through practice and research. What started as a desire to recognize differences has moved toward the goal of understanding the complex multiple identities, or intersectionality, that an individual may exhibit (Garran & Werkmeister Rozas, 2013). The goal of this course has been to increase your awareness of the need for culturally sensitive, ethical practice within the field, and also to present strategies and sources through which you might increase your knowledge and skills in this area.

As a result of its complexity, however, multicultural competence is necessarily a career-long journey. For this Discussion, you examine the progress you have made toward multicultural competence and areas for future professional development in this area. You also consider the immense potential for multicultural competency in human and social services to impact social change initiatives.

To Prepare:

• Reflect back on the assignments you have completed during this course. Think about what you have learned and what you need to continue to work on to be successful as a human and social services profession.
• Review the article “Cultural Competence Revisited” in this week’s Learning Resources.

Post an explanation of the areas you feel you need to develop in order to become more multiculturally competent and why. Finally, include an explanation of how multicultural competency relates to and impacts social change.