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I agree; assessing community resources can definitely advance and improve participation in healthcare from a community. A major inequity, regardless of access to institutional help (religious, non-profit, outpatient settings, etc.) is resistance to change. Falkner & Green (2018) state; "Change has the connotation of losing control or choice, sacrificing pleasures, such as favorite foods, increased cost, loss of personal time, or increased work". For example, in my community, cancer is the leading cause of death with 156.7 deaths per 100,000 people (Outagamie County, 2014). Notable when out in the community is the amount of smokers there are. I'm willing to bet we've all met someone, a smoker, who says, "yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn't smoke because of lbah, blah, blah...". Health promotion for this type of individual and changing minds like this seems nearly impossible.

Have you had experiences like this (meeting someone who refuses to stop something that's literally killing them, like the smoker I quoted above) and if so, is there something you have up your sleeve to make someone like this take an actual, legit step to changing?

References:

Falkner, A., & Green, S. Z. (2018). Community & Public Health: The Future of Healthcare. https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs427vn/community-and-public-health-the-future-of-health-care/v1.1/#/chapter/1

Outagamie County. (2014). Living Well in Outagamie County: Community Health Assessment. https://www.outgamie.org. https://www.outagamie.org/government/f-through-m/health-human-services/public-health/community-health-plan