Why is the health problem(s) worthy of attention?

Topic:Diabetes

bullet points for each the following:

– What is the health problem(s) you want to address?

– What is the scale/extent/geography (city-level, state, national?) of the problem?

– Who does the health problem(s) effect?

– Why is the health problem(s) worthy of attention? What is the impact and if possible – cost – of the problem(s)?

– What are the causes of the health problem?

– Suggest a few potential policy solutions (see Bardach reading on “Things Governments Can Do”

try to use the fallow web to look for sources

 

California Healthline by The California HealthCare Foundation:

http://www.californiahealthline.org/

Kaiser Health News:

www.khn.org

The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation

http://kff.org/