Public Health

Assignment 3: Dropbox Assignment

Health Issues in Your Community

For your dropbox assignment, you will visit the CDC website and select an article that addresses a health issue of your interest (for example, H1N1, obesity, diabetes, asthma, teenage pregnancy, etc.). Click here to visit the CDC website.

This is the website in case the link does not work: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html

 

Write a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, addressing the following questions:

• What public health issue have you selected and why? Provide a brief explanation of the issue.
• How long has the health issue been prevalent in the community?
• What are the factors that have caused the issue to become a public issue? Support your answer with data from your research.
• Are there any social implications of the issue? Why or why not?
• What prevention and intervention measures have been implemented to address this issue in your community?
• Are there any issues that are not being adequately addressed? Support your answer with data from your research.

 

 

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

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