Policy topic: Vaccines for Children
Circle or highlight your position. (Keep in mind that you cannot be “pro” or “con” for all three topics)
I am “Pro” I am “Con”
Summary of most important points for your side of the issue. This must include 5 distinct points stated in complete sentences:
Vaccines ensure individual and community protection against most of diseases
Vaccination forces immune system to work, recognize the disease germs and produce antibodies to destroy them.
A childhood vaccination is a constitutional requirement due to a need of state to protect children from infectious diseases
Deadly diseases kill people and vaccines make disease rates very low
Childhood vaccination results in increased cognitive ability in children that links to higher productivity and earnings
Summary of most important points for the opposition and your related rebuttal. This must include 2 distinct ideas stated in complete sentences:
Opposition 1: An obligation to vaccinate children against their will should be ensured in dangerous disease outbreaks.
Rebuttal 1: Reliable data proves that immunization is more effective that education and engagement because it stimulates the immune system to protect a person
Opposition 2: Immunization programs pose an economic burden for the countries
Rebuttal 2: There is a documented return on investment for vaccines.
Actual policy: Conduct a little research on existing policies regarding the assigned topic. Choose one policy uncovered in your research and summarize it here. What is the policy? In what setting and where does the policy occur? Who must follow it? How do people adhere to it? Be sure to describe it in sufficient detail:
Proposed policy recommendation:Based on your pro or con stance and your summary points above, what do you recommend be changed or implemented? Do you want there to be a law put in place – where will the law occur? Do you want to start a new tax – who or what will be taxed? Do you want an educational program to be created – in what setting will the education be conducted? Youshould be clear and specific about what the policy is, who or what it’s directed to, and what the implications are. In addition, youshould answer some of these questions here: What is your policy? In what setting and where should your policy occur? Who needs to follow it? How will people or adhere to your policy? Who are the stakeholders on the pro and con side? Include at least 2 plausible ideas that are described in sufficient detail. (You will advocate for one of them in the final paragraph of your policy paper).
“All people”, “everyone”, “the general public” and those who support/do not support your policy are not acceptable stakeholders.
TRY TO THINK BROADLY ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS. THE VALUES OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFTEN COME IN TO CONFLICT WITH OTHER HIGHLY PRIZED VALUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC STABILITY AND PERSONAL FREEDOM. CONSIDER WHAT THE EFFECT OF YOUR POLICY WILL BE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE STRONG OPPOSING VALUES.
PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL IN YOUR POLICY STATEMENTS SO THAT THE READER HAS A CONCRETE IDEA HOW THE POLICY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT YOU EXPECT TO ACHIEVE. DO YOU EXPECT TO INCREASE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN BY 20% OR REDUCE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN BY 20%? TRY TO THINK QUANTITATIVELY ABOUT HOW MUCH IMPACT YOU THINK YOUR POLICY WILL HAVE.
EACH POLICY RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER; THEY SHOULD BE APPARENTLY UNIQUE.EACH POLICY NEEDS ENOUGH DETAIL; ABOUT A PARAGRAPH EACH.
Policy recommendation (what, where, who, how):
Pro stakeholders: Con stakeholders:
Vaccination will be increased through providing a wide range of education programs for parents and children about real positive effects of vaccination. It follows from the idea that a situation when the parents do not just want to make children vaccinated - it is a problem of the pediatrician, who did not explain to them what can result from the failure of vaccination. Such educational programs will be adopted after consultations with the most famous specialists and adopt a special law that obliges schools and universities to learn such educational programs. Pro stakeholders – doctors. Con stakeholders – children and parents.
Policy recommendation (what, where, who, how):
Pro stakeholders: Con stakeholders:
A special law that prohibits child from going abroad without making certain vaccinations and prohibits not the immunized child from visiting a school or kindergarten should be implemented. It will be provided as soon as possible through adoption of a law. Pro stakeholders – doctors. Con stakeholders – children and parents. This law will oblige official authorities to control not immunized children and their health problems.
