Urban Primary Health Care

Urban Health Problem Solving Exercise Worksheet

The problem solving paper should present an urban health problem of your choice in a specific setting. Please follow instructions found at the end of this worksheet.

Topic/Title:

Step	Activity	Response
Step 1	· Identify a specific urban area in the developing world. · Identify one specific public health or health-related problem facing that urban area. · Explain why this is a public health problem. · Support your choice with reference to at least one article
Step 2	· Determine the magnitude of the problem · Describe those affected · Support your information with reference to at least one article
Step 3	· Explore the social, physical and other determinants of the problem · Support your analysis with reference to at least one article
Step 4	· Discuss at least two alternate solutions, their strengths and weaknesses · Support your choices with reference to at least one article
Step 5	· Recommend one solution and defend your choice · Support your analysis with reference to at least one article

Instructions:

· Insert your name in the Header Section above

· Specify a country and a city (either from the case studies discussed in class or from your own experience or from the literature).

· The exercise is divided into five (5) activities/steps that will be completed on a weekly basis (approximately).

· Please try to limit your response to each activity/step to about 250 words using this template .

· After completing one activity/step, place the file in the drop box by the date specified in the course schedule.

· We will return it to you with comments such that you can then resubmit the same file with the next activity when it is due.

· If suggestions are made on one step, try to incorporate them and include when submitting the next step.

· Each activity is worth 15 points with a total of 75 for the whole exercise. A scoring scheme is found on the assignment page in the course website.

· Please provide a full reference to the articles or publications you mention for each activity. If possible, also include a web address for the article or publication.

· Note that publications can also include websites and webpages. See an example below -

Siri JG, Lindblade KA, Rosen DH, Onyango B, Vulule J, Slutsker L, Wilson ML. Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa. Malar J. 2008; 7:34. http://www.malariajournal.com/content/7/1/34