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PAF 101—MODULE 5 GRADE SHEET
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 9, 10, & 11 revised 2/17/11**

Name here: Societal Category: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Group #: __MAXIMUM__ __YOUR__ __EXERCISE__ __POINTS__ __SCORE__ __COMMENTS__

9.1 8

__9.2 15__

9.3 30

__9.4 8__

10.1 4

__10.2 4__

10.3 12

__10.4 3__

11.1 40

__11.2 6__

__Subtotal for Paper__ 130

__Points Deducted:__ __Writing__ _ __Organization__ _ __Participation__ _ __Skills Assessment__ _ Total Points Deducted

Extra Credit Points: Competition _ Speakers _ Extra Com. Svc. _

__Total Extra Credit Points__ __ = =  TOTAL GRADE
 * MODULE FIVE** 130 __#_____


 * PAF 101 EXERCISES - MODULE FIVE**
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 9, 10, & 11**


 * Whenever you use a source in your answer, including all quotes, you must provide an APA-style internal citation and a full APA-style reference in the References page exercise, except for personal communications. HINT: Most of these exercises require citations.
 * **Only attach an article if required by exercise directions. Whenever you attach an article, it must be directly behind the exercise in which it appears, and it must be clearly labeled with the exercise number and letter to which it pertains. Attach only the first page of the article unless otherwise stated.**

Exercise 9.1: Describing the Policy to be Implemented Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points)

A. Briefly describe the public policy you want to implement. Be clear about what level of government -- local, state, or federal -- will implement your policy. You can choose to analyze any policy at any level. (2 points) Part A score:_


 * ** Describe the public policy here, including the geographic location where it will be implemented: A log of everyone that has been infected with sexually transmitted diseases and education of how to prevent them in Westchester county**


 * ** State the level of government that will implement the policy here: Westchester Department of health**

Part B score:_
 * B. Describe what legislative actions including the specific body, if any, are required to implement the proposed policy. If none are required, explain why. (2 points)
 * The government would have to make it mandatory for infected persons to log their infection in a public document so future partners can check to see if they are infected. The Department of health should also publish advertisement and education seminars on how to prevent transmitted STDS. **


 * Describe the legislative actions required here: The government would have to make it mandatory for infected persons to log their infection in a public document so future partners can check to see if they are infected. The Department of health should also publish advertisement and education seminars on how to prevent transmitted STDS. **



C. Describe what administrative actions including the specific agency, if any, are required to implement the proposed policy. If none are required, explain why. (2 points)
 * The Westchester department of health would have to enforce this new policy to make sure the logs of people infected with STDs are kept and that people are being tested every year as required. **

Part C score:_


 * **Describe the administrative actions required here: The agency would have to watch over testing centers to make sure they document all infected people and are educating people on how to prevent transmission. **

D. Describe any actions that are required to provide funding for your policy. If none are required, explain why. (2 points) Part D score:_


 * **Describe the actions required for funding here: For funding, they could have fundraisers such as walkathons where people can raise money for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. **

Exercise 9.2: Identifying Players Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points)

List five players that have the most influence on your policy by filling out the chart below. Briefly justify each selection, using a source for each justification. Do not use an individual player if they are a part of a larger group, such as the Senate or the House of Representatives. Up to 3 points will be deducted for each obvious player omitted.


 * **PLAYER AND TITLE** || **JUSTIFICATION** ||
 * **1.) ﻿Thomas R. Friedman ** || **Director of CDC, in charge of keeping disease transmision low.** ||
 * **2.) Cecile Richards** || **President of Planned Parenthood, provides contraception and educates the public on sexual health.** ||
 * **3.) Dr. Douglas Aspros** || ﻿**President of Westchester Department of Health, controls disease transmission in westchester county.** ||
 * **4.)Susan N. Herman** || ﻿ ﻿President of ACLU, protects peoples rights ||
 * **5.)Tony Perkins** || ﻿ ﻿President of Family Reasearch council, promotes policy of virtue to shape American Life ||

Exercise 9.3: Estimating Issue Position, Power, and Priority for Each Player Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 30 points)

Estimate and provide justification for the issue position, power, and priority for each player listed in Exercise 9.2. Each of the 15 reasonable and well-justified estimates is worth 2 points. At least one of the 15 justifications must be quoted from a player, expert, or stakeholder you interviewed during the course or you will lose 10 points.

Player 1 score:_ (leave blank for the grader)
 * **PLAYER 1 -** || **Name and Title: ﻿Thomas R. Friedman ** ||
 * **Issue Position: 5** || **Justification: ﻿Director of the CDC ** ||
 * **Power: 3** || **Justification: In charge of keeping disease transmission low ** ||
 * **Priority: 3** || **Justification: Educates public about diseases like STDS ** ||

Player 2 score:_ (leave blank for the grader)
 * **PLAYER 2 -** || **Name and Title: Cecile Richards ** ||
 * **Issue Position: 5** || **Justification: President of Planned Parenthood** ||
 * **Power:4** || **Justification: Educates people about sexual health** ||
 * **Priority:4** || ** Justification: provides contraception and free clinics .** ||

Player 3 score:_ (leave blank for the grader)
 * **PLAYER 3 -** || **Name and Title: Dr. Douglas Aspros** ||
 * **Issue Position:4** || **Justification: President of westchester department of Health** ||
 * **Power:3** || **Justification: In charge of keeping disease transmission in Westchester county to a minimum.** ||
 * **Priority:2** || **Justification:Educates public about diseases like STDS** ||

Player 4 score:_ (leave blank for the grader)
 * **PLAYER 4 -** || **Name and Title: Susan N. Herman** ||
 * **Issue Position:1** || **Justification: President of American Civil Liberties Union** ||
 * **Power: 2** || **Justification: Defends peoples rights** ||
 * **Priority: -5** || **Justification: Makes sure everyone recieves justice** ||

Player 5 score:_ (leave blank for the grader)
 * **PLAYER 5 -** || **Name and Title: Tony Perkins** ||
 * **Issue Position:1** || **Justification: President of family Research council** ||
 * **Power:1** || **Justification: Encourages people to live a life of virtue revoliving around god.** ||
 * **Priority: -4** || **Justification: Doesnt believe in sex before marriage, discourages promiscuity.** ||

Exercise 9.4: Completing the Prince Chart and Calculating the Probability of the Policy Being Accepted Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points)

A. Using the policy identified in 9.1 and the information in Exercise 9.3, complete a Prince Chart in the form below. Make sure to restate your policy and recopy the numbers from 9.3 correctly. Calculate each player's Prince Score according to the directions. (6 points) Part A score:_


 * **Restate your policy here:**


 * **Players** ||  || **Issue Position** || **x** || **Power** || **x** || **Priority** || **=** || **Prince Score** ||
 * 1 ||  || 5 || **x** || 3 || **x** || 3 || **=** || 45 ||
 * 2 ||  || 5 || **x** || 4 || **x** || 4 || **=** || 80 ||
 * 3 ||  || 4 || **x** || 3 || **x** || 2 || **=** || 24 ||
 * 4 ||  || 1 || **x** || 2 || **x** || -5 || **=** || -10 ||
 * 5 ||  || 1 || **x** || 1 || **x** || -4 || **=** || -4 ||

B. Calculate the probability of the policy being implemented following the directions on pp. 112-114 in the //Maxwell Manual//. (2 points) Part B score:_
 * **Show your calculations here:**
 * **Total: 45+80+24+10+4 =163**
 * **Positive # Total: 45+80+24=149**
 * **149/163=91.4%**


 * **Interpret the probability according to Figure 9.2 in the //Maxwell Manual// here:**
 * **Its very likely that this policy would be approved because the prince score is so high.**

Exercise 10.1: Selecting a Player for Developing a Strategy Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 4 points)

Select a player for which to develop a strategy that aims to increase the probability of your policy being implemented. Justify your selection in terms of the player’s issue position, priority, and power.


 * **State the player you selected here: Cecile Richards **
 * ** Justify your selection here: Cecile Richards is the president of Planned Parenthood. She is in charge of educating the public on sexual health and keeping the transmission rate of diseases like STDs low. Implementing my policy would greatly contribute to keeping transmissions low. **

Exercise 10.2: Describing a Political Strategy Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 4 points)

Describe **one** strategy that might be pursued by the player selected in Exercise 10.1. The strategy should attempt to increase the likelihood of your policy being implemented. The strategy must be within the capabilities of the player. Do NOT use “making an argument” in any way as your strategy. Use one of the methods discussed on pp. 118-121 of the //Maxwell Manual// to formulate your strategy.


 * **Clearly state the strategy including specific actions the player might take here:**
 * Dr. Giuffrida could educate her patients about the high risks of sexually transmitted diseases and the importance of being tested and telling sexual partners about any current STDs. By doing so, she would likely be able to gain the patients permission to test them for any sexually transmitted diseases and report the results to the Westchester county department of health. **

Exercise 10.3: Assessing the Impact of the Proposed Strategy Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 12 points)

A. Show the impact of the strategy you developed in Exercise 10.2 using the Chart below. For each player, list the original issue position, power, and priority scores. Then list the new scores produced by your strategy. You will lose 3 points for incorrectly estimating the change or lack of change in the issue position, priority, and power of each player for a loss of up to 9 points. If the scores remain the same, write an "S". Part A score:_
 * Provide justification for only the players whose scores have changed. You may leave the other justification cells blank.
 * At least one justification must be based on information from one of the people you have contacted during the course or you will lose 9 points. (9 points)


 * **Player** ||  || **Original Scores** || **New Scores** || **Justification** ||
 * **Player 1 - Name:** || **Issue Position:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || **Power:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **Priority:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * **Player 2 – Name:** || **Issue Position:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || **Power:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **Priority:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * **Player 3 – Name:** || **Issue Position:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || **Power:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **Priority:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * **Player 4 – Name:** || **Issue Position:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || **Power:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **Priority:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * **Player 5 – Name:** || **Issue Position:** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || **Power:** ||   ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **Priority:** ||   ||   ||^   ||

B. Calculate the new probability of the policy being implemented and describe and assess the overall impact and success of your strategy. (3 points) Part B score:_
 * **Show your calculations here:**


 * **Describe and assess the overall impact here:**

Exercise 10.4: Making a Difference Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 3 points)

Find a person in //How You Can Help// whom you would most likely aspire to be like at some point in your life.


 * **Write the person you have chosen here and include a direct quote from //How You Can Help// that describes something they have done: Cecile Richards**


 * **Write the first reason why you have this aspiration here: She contributes to peoples lives by teaching them about the importance of reproductive health.**


 * **Write the second reason why you have this aspiration here: She contributes to providing free services for people such as abortions, contraceptives, testing and more for those that cant afford it.**


 * **Write the third reason why you have this aspiration here:She is a powerful woman that aims to help people**

Exercise 11.1 Policy Memorandum Based on What You Have Learned this Semester Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 40 points) Write a policy memo of no more than 350 words to a government official that reflects your latest thinking about the policy proposal process and demonstrates the concepts presented throughout the course. Your memo has to be about the policy you discussed in this module. Read the Policy Memo section of Chapter 11 and follow the guidelines closely. Every word over 350 words will result in a point deduction up to the entire 40 points for the exercise. > > TO: Bob Smith > President of ABC Club > FROM: Your Name > > SUBJECT: Your policy proposal in 10 words or less 1. Societal problem 2. Proposed Policy
 * Identify the name and office of a current elected or appointed official who is a player for your policy and write a policy memo using the following form:
 * Write a 350 word memo with the following sub-headings:

3. Benchmarks 4. Political Feasibility


 * In parentheses at the end of the memo, provide the word count of the text of the memo. To obtain this, highlight the text of your memo, go to the “Tools” menu, and click on “Word Count.”

> Module, go to the PAF 101 website - Downloads – 11.1 Final Memo - Submit > your completed memo - __PRINT OUT the receipt and attach behind this__ > __exercise, or lose ALL 40 points__. Also attach behind this exercise the receipt of completion for your Post-Test. Failure to attach the Post-Test receipt will result in a loss of 5 points from this exercise.
 * In addition to submitting this exercise with the rest of your


 * **Place your memo here:**


 * To: Dr. Douglas Aspros **
 * President of the Westchester **
 * Department of Health **
 * From: Amanda Havrilla **


 * Subject: STD Public Log **


 * After researching sexually transmitted diseases in Westchester County, I believe they are a large problem and something needs to be done to reduce the transmission of these diseases. I would like to propose a policy to lower the transmission rate. This policy would require keeping a log of all people infected with sexually transmitted diseases within Westchester county. This log would be made available for intimate partners to see. In order to keep the log of infected people accurate, I also think it should be mandatory for all sexually active people to be tested yearly for STDs. With every yearly checkup, it should be made mandatory for people to be tested for STDs as well. I think by creating this new policy, the transmission rate of STDs will dramatically go down. Reduced transmission rates will keep the people of Westchester healthier and free of other complications related to sexually transmitted diseases. **

Word Count: 151

Exercise 11.2: References Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)
 * Prepare a list of references that includes all sources for this module.
 * Follow the APA format.
 * Include all sources used in the exercises.

Works Cited "Leadership." //American Civil Liberties Union//. 2011. Web. 6 June 2011. . \
 * **Start References on the next line or on the next page:**

"Our Leadership." //Sexual & Reproductive Health - Sex Education - Planned Parenthood//. 2011. Web. 6 June 2011. .

"Staff Page." //FRC Homepage//. 2011. Web. 6 June 2011. .