Policy Brief: Inequality and Disparity

For this assignment, you will create a policy brief on a policy related to the social problem you selected in Module 2 and the policy (or policies) you have introduced in your Advocacy Strategies Paper.

This project offers the opportunity to think and learn more about a population/ social problem related to inequality/ disparity and how policy affects this issue at the local, state, or national level(s). When considering and examining disparities, consider three common dimensions of the issue: inequalities in outcomes; inequalities in access; and inequalities in quality and/or quantity of services and care received. As you do this, you may also consider and explore both physical and mental health disparities (if they intersect). Be sure to also reflect on the racial disparities discussed in Module 5.

Please note that there are always interactive effects when examining inequalities and disparities (e.g. female African American experiences). Your work should centrally focus on the population you chose, but you may also need to refer to other demographic and socioeconomic positions in the assignment (e.g., while the intersectionality of being African American and female contributes to the disparity you are reviewing, there are further differences between women of higher versus lower socioeconomic statuses within this population).