Define public/community health. How does this differ from personal health

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Answer the following questions concerning the role of assessment of public health:

  1. Define public/community health. How does this differ from personal health?
  2. What are the benefits of public health assessments? What are the disadvantages, if any? Give an example of a potential conflict within the community that could arise as a result of public health assessments. How can public health advocates and policy makers prevent and/or manage such a conflict?
  3. How can public health assessments be used to form public policy?
  4. Choose one health concern and cite legislation that has been passed to address this concern. Discuss how this legislation has affected or could affect your community.
    You may choose one of the following or one of your own choosing:

    • Smoking in public places
    • Accessibility for physically handicapped populations
    • Legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes
    • Youth violence
    • Domestic violence
    • Child abuse
    • Elder abuse

Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines. Be sure to list your sources of information at the end of your project. You should have at least 3 sources.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV/AIDS and pregnancy among Teens in the U.S.

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Problem Statement

Overview (Instructions)

The assignment is to refine the focus of your project topic(“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV/AIDS and pregnancy among Teens in the U.S.”) so that it clearly makes a case for taking action on the public health issue that you identified in your last assignment. Give a successful explanation as to why this public health problem is a public health issue. Come up with detailed definition(s) of public health, on the nature of health disparities. Take a look at my topic and come up with ways to make the explanation clearer or more persuasive. Then add one more element to turn your topic selection into a Problem Statement: come up with specific evidence, facts and data, to justify the need to do something about the problem you have identified. The key to this part of the assignment is to make the case for taking action—for using public resources, like people’s time and effort and budget dollars, to do something to address the problem. This is assignment is 1 and ½ pages.

Problem Statement Scoring Guide

1. Identifies a specific health issue or problem, providing evidence to support reasons for concern.

2. Explains why a particular health problem is a public health issue, citing the appropriate public health principle and providing evidence that this problem qualifies.

3. Justifies the need to address a specific public health problem or issue, supporting assertions with citations of facts and data.

4. Including citing and referencing credible sources in APA formatting.

Explain why a PSA would be useful for minimizing the impact of the public health problem

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Public service announcements (PSA) are one way in which public health practitioners seek to respond to risks to health by informing the public and altering risky behaviors. PSAs address one of the 10 essential public health services, to inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. Throughout this course, you will create a public service announcement (PSA) for a public health problem of your choice. For this assignment, you will begin working on your PSA by selecting the health problem and beginning your analysis of the issue.

Select a public health problem for your course project.

In 3–5 pages:

  1. Analyze the current and prospective impacts of the public health problem.
  2. Explain why a PSA would be useful for minimizing the impact of the public health problem. In what way?
  3. Justify your reasoning.

 

Your final product will be in a Microsoft Word document, approximately 3–5 pages in length, and utilize at least 3 scholarly sources in research (beyond the textbook). Your paper should be formatted following current APA standards; written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

The Legal System/Framing Issues of Public Health, Law, and Policy

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The Legal System/Framing Issues of Public Health, Law, and Policy

The Session Long Project will involve an in-depth study of a governmental role/program in public health. Your project will involve identifying responsible governmental agencies; describing current challenges and potential impact; proposing a public health policy; researching pertinent laws; and evaluating the ethical principles of laws/policies, financial impact, and sources of funding.

  1. Select a governmental role/responsibility in public health for your SLP. Describe the governmental role/responsibility. Identify the agencies responsible at federal, state, and local government level.
  2. Describe the current challenges and potential impact of these challenges to public health (related to the item you selected in No. 1).
  3. Describe the goal of the proposed policy.
  4. What is the supporting evidence for implementing this policy?
  5. How is this policy to be achieved?
  6. Who is this policy intended to help?
  7. Which agencies will implement this policy?
  8. How cost-effective do you expect this policy to be?
  9. How well do you anticipate this policy will be accepted, given the priorities, culture, values, and political climate?
  10. What are your strategies for overcoming barriers in implementing the policy?

SLP ASSIGNMENT EXPECTATIONS

Length: Assignment should be from 3 to 4 pages (750 to 1000 words) in length. 3 cited sources from required reading

REQUIRED READING

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the following text:
Wing, K. R., & Gilbert, B. (2007). The law and the public’s health. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Health Policies. (2011).

Brownson, R., Chriqui, J., & Stamatakis, K. (2009). Understanding evidence-based public health policy. American Journal of Public Health, 99(9), 1576-1583. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global.

Magnusson, R. S. (2007). Mapping the scope and opportunities for public health law in liberal democracies. The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 35(4), 571-587.

Roberts, D. (2008). The American people speak out on health care. Public Manager, 37(4), 91-93. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global