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LE002: Health Care Policy: Analyze the healthcare policy-making process for improving the health status of populations.
Assessment Rubric
Rubric Criteria
Needs Improvement
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
Part 1: State Legalization of Medical Marijuana and the Policy-Making Process
Learning Objective
1.1:
Apply the six-step
policy process
Response does not apply,
applies fewer than six steps,
or inaccurately applies the six-
step policy process.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response accurately describes
the problem, the agenda, the
statement of need for policy
formation, the policy that was
adopted, how the policy was
implemented, and how the
policy was evaluated for
effectiveness.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement
as “Meets,” plus the
following:
Response draws a clear
connection between the
impacts of policy and policy
formulation.
Rubric Criteria
Needs Improvement
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
Part 2: State Laws on Motorcycle Helmet Use
Learning Objective
2.1:
Describe the potential
impact of laws on
public health as they
pertain to Michigan’s
helmet laws.
Response does not describe
or inaccurately describes the
impact of Michigan’s helmet
use laws on injury and health
and safety of others.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response accurately describes
the two factors impacting
Michigan’s helmet use laws on
injury and the health and safety
of others.
Response describes the
benefit to society for decreased
death and significant injuries
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement
as “Meets,” plus the
following:
Response describes three
factors impacting Michigan’s
helmet use laws on injury
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and includes a hypothesis
regarding potential of reduced
long-term care.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
and the health and safety of
others.
Learning Objective
2.2:
Explain the need for
public policy to protect
individuals and
bystanders from
harm.
Response does not explain or
partially explains the need for
public policy to protect
motorcyclists and bystanders
from harm but contains logical
fallacies or fails to provide
evidence.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response logically explains
two reasons for why public
policy is needed to protect
motorcyclists and bystanders
from harm.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement
as “Meets,” plus the
following:
Response logically explains
three reasons for why public
policy is needed to protect
motorcyclists and bystanders
from harm.
Rubric Criteria Needs Improvement Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Part 3: Policies on Mandatory HIV Testing and Counseling
Learning Objective
3.1:
Describe the costs,
benefits, and
challenges of
mandatory health
testing and
counseling.
Response does not describe,
inaccurately or incompletely
describes the costs related to
HIV testing and HIV
counseling.
Response attempts to
enumerate a benefit of HIV
testing and counseling but
description is inaccurate or
incomplete; response
Response accurately
describes the costs related to
HIV testing and HIV
counseling.
Response clearly enumerates
one benefit of HIV testing and
counseling; response
describes the problems
associated with HIV testing
and counseling and describes
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement
as “Meets,” plus the
following:
Response thoroughly
describes more than one
cost and benefit to HIV
testing and counseling.
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attempts to describe how HIV
testing and counseling affects
public health, but response is
inaccurate.
Response attempts to identify
at least one barrier to the
utilization of HIV testing but
does not describe how it might
be overcome.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
how HIV testing and
counseling affect public health.
Response thoroughly
describes at least one barrier
to the utilization of HIV testing
and how it might be overcome.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response identifies both
individual- and societal-level
impacts of HIV testing and
counseling on public health.
Response offers more than
one barrier to the utilization
of HIV testing and potential
solutions to overcome these
obstacles.
Rubric Criteria Needs Improvement Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Part 4: Policies on COVID Pandemic
Learning Objective
4.1
Describe how policies
in public health impact
the health of citizens.
Response does not describe
or only describes one policy
that was put in place to
protect the health of citizens
from COVID-19 patients or
provides policy descriptions
that are unclear or
incomplete.
Response fails to describe the
impact of these COVID-19
interventions on public health.
Response clearly describes
two relevant policies that were
put in place to protect public
health from COVID-19
patients.
Response thoroughly
describes the impact of the
policies on public health.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement as
“Meets,” plus the following:
Response clearly describes
more than two relevant
policies that were in place to
protect public health from
COVID-19 patients.
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Learning Objective
4.2
Justify policies
designed to protect
the public from
infection.
Response does not provide,
provides an illogical or unclear
justification for policies
designed to protect public
health.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response provides a logical
justification for policies
designed to protect public
health.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement as
“Meets,” plus the following:
Response is written
substantively and thoroughly
related to these topics.
Rubric Criteria Needs Improvement Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Part 5: Healthcare Policies: Advocacy and Civic Engagement
Learning Objective
5.1:
Describe the role of
advocacy and civic
engagement in policy-
making efforts.
Response does not describe,
incompletely or unclearly
describes the role of advocacy
and civic engagement in
policy efforts related to the
issue selected.
Response includes facts from
only one side of any issue.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response thoroughly
describes the role that
advocacy and civic
engagement play in policy
efforts related to the issue
selected.
Response includes the facts
on both sides of each issue.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement as
“Meets,” plus the following:
Response is written
substantively and thoroughly
related to these topics.
Rubric Criteria Needs Improvement Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Part 6: Healthcare Policies: Special Interest Groups and Public Policy
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Learning Objective
6.1:
Describe how special
interest groups affect
public policy.
Response does not provide or
provides a partial or
incomplete description of how
special interest groups affect
public policy.
Response provides an
irrelevant or incomplete
example of how special
interest groups exert influence
on public policy.
Response is not supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response thoroughly
describes how two special
interest groups affect public
policy.
Response provides one
specific example for each
special interest group that
illustrates how special interest
groups affect public policy.
Response is supported by
references to relevant
academic resources.
Response demonstrates the
same level of achievement
as “Meets,” plus the
following:
Response is written
substantively and thoroughly
related to these topics.
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