New Policy for: Sleep Duration and Injury Amongst High School Students
III. Legislative section: 4 pages
1. Legislative background of problem
2. Your own legislative/regulatory or communications innovation
3. Anticipated impact if implemented (or worsened problem if not)
IV. Conclusion: Tie together points made about issue, & refer to implications beyond half-1 page
V. References: 7 from 2015-2020 academic, professional, & legislative refs beyond text pages
Do not get carried away into tangential things while writing the text. Stick to a strict structure,
& follow your outline carefully, so that you do not waste time & effort on general, vague
statements, extraneous opinions, & emotional declarations you would have to cut in order for
the paper to follow this sequence to be logical & clear to policymakers.
Do not string together a series of direct quotes instead of formulating your own policy
perspective. But do cite ideas & facts evincing scientific/medical/public health &
legislative/policy evidence for the urgency of a policy intervention.
Tone: This paper is not the same kind of paper in which you are expected to simply express
yourself, as was true for your brief COVID paper. It is also not a flashy newspaper item in which
you have to sound like the coolest guy on earth. This paper must have a solid medical
professional/public health understanding, used to inform policymakers of an urgent problem,
the insufficient ways it was already partially dealt with through legislation, regulations, &
policies. Most importantly, you have a fresh policy plan to solve it!
Please discuss the actual legislation of relevant policy info, now that you have a better
understanding of how the US health care system & governmental policymaking works!
WRITE A TITLE FOCUSSED UPON YOUR POLICY INTERVENTION
**Must include subheadings**
