“Public Health And The Health System”

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Team Assignment Unit Outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

Describe public health intervention strategies as related to levels of disease prevention and health services.

Interpret the economic, demographic, and utilization dimensions of the health sector.

Explain the importance of health advocacy as a driving force for policy reform.

Course Outcomes assessed in this Assignment: PU500­1: Explain the contexts and concepts relevant to the profession and science of public  health. Introduction: You previously selected a topic of Healthy People 2020.  Imagine that you are a public health director tasked with planning an intervention related to the topic you selected.  You will plan an intervention within your local community.  For this Assignment, you will:

Summarize your health issue

Review relevant scholarly literature in public health

Develop a health problem statement

To reach these learning goals, this Assignment guides you through completion of three critical sections of the project:

Section 1 ­ Introduction to the Health Issue

Section 2 ­ Annotated Bibliography

Section 3 ­ Problem Statement

You will finalize these three sections of your Unit 3 Assignment and submit as one  Assignment. Instructions: Section 1 ­ Introduction to the Health Issue: This Assignment should begin with a section that introduces the Healthy People 2020 health issue/problem and objective. In about 400­500 words, you will:

Summarize the Healthy People 2020 health issue/problem you selected

Summarize the Healthy People 2020 objective you selected for your health issue/problem. Please make sure to discuss how your objective is related to the health issue/problem.

Evaluate the objective’s interconnections to the broader public health system.

Describe the input, processes, output, and results related to the objective.

Examine the objective’s relationships to the essential public health services, public health core functions, and unique features of public health. 

Section 2 ­ Annotated Bibliography: This section expands upon the introduction section by reviewing current and relevant literature published by authoritative sources. In about 300­400 words, you will:

Assignment Details 

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Characterize the current approaches to controlling a public health issue.

Review peer­reviewed literature published within the last 5 years.

Identify 2­3 relevant journal articles from public health journals.

Compose an annotated bibliography, which summarizes and critiques each source.

Section 3 ­ Problem Statement: After detailing the background to the health issue and summarizing current public health approaches, the problem statement will conclude the Assignment.  In about 50­100 words, you will:

Develop a carefully designed problem statement that addresses the who, what, where, when, why, and how components to the problem (i.e., the “5W1H approach”).

Clarify the magnitude and extent of the problem, population at risk, and pertinent trends.

Template for this Assignment: https://kapextmediassl­a.akamaihd.net/healthSci/PU500/P U500_1601C/PU500_Unit_3_Assignment_Template.docx

Recommendations:  Please collate sections 1, 2, and 3 into an APA style formatted paper, before submitting to the Dropbox for grading.

Grading Criteria Be sure to review the grading rubric for this Assignment in the Course Resources. When ready submit to unit dropbox.