Policy Analysis in Healthcare Provision

Running head: POLICY ANALYSIS 1
Policy, politics and power in healthcare provision
Name
Institution

POLICY ANALYIS 2
Abstract
The thesis of the term paper presented is based on the critical policy analysis in health provision
centers in order to facilitate better healthcare provision by medical practitioners to the members
of the public. Policy, politics and power analysis in health care provision entails designing a
better medical policy which will be adopted by most of the health care facilities within the
country so as to ensure a healthy nation.
The policy designed policy should be analyzed critically by the research team or the policy
developers in order to determine the impact of the policy on society and to the medical
practitioners as a whole.
Breast feeding policy is designed by the medical practitioners for lactating and expectant moms
to adopt for better health of their newborn.

POLICY ANALYIS 3
Introduction
Significant of the policy
The policy formulated for the analysis is the breastfeeding policy for the infant.
Breastfeeding for the infant babies has been discovered to be more nutritious and healthy in
terms of the nutrients content as it contains various minerals which are essential for the growth
and development of the baby.
The essential minerals in breast milk are responsible for developing a strong immune system
for the infant thus prevents and fights out disease-causing organism in the body. Breastfeeding is
significant to both mothers and infants since during the process of breastfeeding, a bond between
the mother and a baby is created hence the baby will experience mother love which is very
essential for healthy growth and development of the baby (Beghin & Bureau, 2017).
Breastfeeding policy for the infant babies will help to keep the baby free from other illness
and disease-causing germs since breast milk is free from germs or any contamination which may
cause illness to the infant. One of the advantage of the breastfed milk to the infants is that it is
easily digestible as their digestive system is very weak and not fully developed to contain and
digest other natural foodstuffs. For easy digestion and absorption process by the body,
breastfeeding for the infants below six months of age is recommended by most of the medical
practitioners.

POLICY ANALYIS 4
Breastfeeding policy will help to reduce the high child mortality rate to infants below five
years. This is made possible by breastfeeding the baby for the first six months after birth without
offering any food substance to the baby so as to strengthens the infant's immune system hence in
case of the disease outbreak or any infection, the immune system will fight out the diseases
causing organisms which might cause harm to the baby.
Reasons for breastfeeding policy
The main reason for the breastfeeding policy in health care provision for new mothers was
to ensure the healthy development of the children thus following the report from child clinic
hospitals which showed an increase in child’s infection as large number of kids are admitted
daily with different infections. The main reason why infants fall sick easily is identified to be a
weak immune system that cannot help the body to fight out some of the minor infections. From
the research conducted in most of the child health clinics within the country, it was noted that the
cause of weak immune system for children was as a result of poor breastfeeding cycle hence the
breasting feeding policy was adopted in most of the health care facilities (Javaid, Arshad, Ahmad
& Kazmi, 2019).
Breastfeeding policy was always enacted on the basis of its nutrient content which is
responsible for the strong body development. Body organs like brain, bones and other body
senses require specific minerals like calcium at the early stage of growth so as to fully develop
and properly functions. Such minerals are only available in breast milk in a correct quantity,
therefore, breastfeeding policy for health care provision was enacted (Hankins, Macklin &
Warren, 2015).