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How to Prepare a Medical Family Therapy Policy Brief

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The purpose of a policy brief is to convince the target audience of the urgency of a current problem and to serve as an impetus for action for adopting a particular course of action. This chapter provides guidelines for constructing compelling policy briefs, including examples of briefs that connect the benefits of Medical Family Therapy (MedFT) to widely held goals to improve the healthcare delivery system. This chapter describes what a policy brief is, how to strengthen the analysis using relevant and meaningful evidence, and how to convince target audiences that your desired policy is urgently needed and aligned with their priorities.

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  1. George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Peter Shin

  2. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA

    Emily Jones

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  1. Child Development & Family Relations, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA

    Jennifer Hodgson

  2. Child Development & Family Relations, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA

    Angela Lamson

  3. Family Social Science Couple and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Tai Mendenhall

  4. School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

    D. Russell Crane

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Shin, P., Jones, E. (2014). How to Prepare a Medical Family Therapy Policy Brief. In: Hodgson, J., Lamson, A., Mendenhall, T., Crane, D. (eds) Medical Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03482-9_21

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