Identify six public health issues in at least three sections.

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Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment

In this module, you will pick one local or national newspaper and review the global, national, local, sports, life, health, and business sections, looking for public health-related issues. After conducting your review, you will participate in this discussion using the bullet points below as a guide.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 200 words, post your response to the following:

  • Identify six public health issues in at least three sections.
  • Discuss the impact of each identified issue on public health.
  • Identify the level of public health prevention related to the issue.
  • Discuss the impact on the community if public health intervention did not occur for the identified issue (e.g., premature deaths, intimate partner violence, unemployment, poor housing conditions, new manufacturing plant moving into the area, teen pregnancy, high school drop-outs, food recall, or heat or sports-related illnesses, etc.).

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, post your responses to this Discussion Area.
  • Through the end of the module, read all of your classmates’ postings and respond to at least two classmates’ posts that differ from your opinion. Consider sharing your own experiences and interpretation of the research. Support your findings with examples and scholarly references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Grading Criteria

Discussion Grading Table Maximum Points
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment

16
Quality of responses to classmates

12
Frequency of responses to classmates

4
Reference to supporting readings and other materials

4
Language and grammar

4
Total:

40

Rubrics

Identify 3 different health communication objectives listed by Healthy People 2020

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HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS

CASE ASSIGNMENT

Your final Case Assignment deals with health communication goals and objectives by Healthy People 2020 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020 provide 10-year goals and objectives to improve the nation’s health. One specific goal is to use health communication strategies and health information technology to improve health care quality, health outcomes for the population, and to attain health equity (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012).

Using the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2012) resource provided, write a paper addressing the following:

  1. Identify 3 different health communication objectives listed by Healthy People 2020 (Use the summarized list under the overview section on the direct link from your required reading. Note: they are listed in bullets under the provided link.)
  2. Discuss the importance of the health communications objectives you selected.
  3. Using personal experience, how would you address the objectives you selected? (Note: Feel free to use your military or other job related experiences that relate to your selected objectives.)

2-3 PAGE APA FORMAT ESSAY. 3-4 source

Module 4 – Background

HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS

REQUIRED READING

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC), Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), American Association for Health Education (AAHE). (2010a). A competency-based framework for health education specialists 2010. Whitehall, PA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.nchec.org/assets/2251/areas_of_responsibilities_and_competencies.pdf

Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council. (2016). Advocacy toolbox. Retrieved from https://orc.okstate.edu/content/advocacy-toolbox

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2015). Healthy People 2020 topics and objectives: Health communication and health information technology. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/health-communication-and-health-information-technology

University of Kansas, Work Group for Community Health and Development. (2014). Chapter 6: Section 7. Preparing public service announcements. Community tool box [Online resource]. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/promoting-interest/public-service-announcements/main

Explain the historical development of public health

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You have been asked by your local government to help create a newsletter for your community. For the first issue, they have asked you to provide an overview of public health.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word article in which you:

  • Define public health.
  • Explain the historical development of public health.
  • Identify careers within public health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references Question description

You have been asked by your local government to help create a newsletter for your community. For the first issue, they have asked you to provide an overview of public health.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word article in which you:

  • Define public health.
  • Explain the historical development of public health.
  • Identify careers within public health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references Question description

You have been asked by your local government to help create a newsletter for your community. For the first issue, they have asked you to provide an overview of public health.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word article in which you:

  • Define public health.
  • Explain the historical development of public health.
  • Identify careers within public health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references

public health agency that affects your workplace or your health care provider

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Select a public health agency that affects your workplace or your health care provider.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the role of public health agencies and health care.

  • Describe the agency and how it contributes to the core functions of public health.
  • Examine specific ways the agency influences your workplace or your health care provider as well as the health care system as a whole.
  • Identify the roles of the agency workers, including specific responsibilities, competencies, and skills.

Reference your readings and at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar articles.

Format your paper according to APA guidelinesQuestion description

Select a public health agency that affects your workplace or your health care provider.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the role of public health agencies and health care.

  • Describe the agency and how it contributes to the core functions of public health.
  • Examine specific ways the agency influences your workplace or your health care provider as well as the health care system as a whole.
  • Identify the roles of the agency workers, including specific responsibilities, competencies, and skills.

Reference your readings and at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar articles.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines