What efforts have been made toward reducing the disparity you identified?

Overview: This milestone requires you to expand your understanding of the public health issue you have chosen for your final project. You will demonstrate your

deepened understanding of the issue by considering the cultural factors, local initiatives, state initiatives, and healthcare disparities associated with your topic.

The milestone will help you establish a strong background of the issue so you can assess the theoretical framework that you will use as the basis for the rest of

your final project work. It will also help you prepare for Milestone Three.

Prompt: Submit a draft of the analysis portion of the final project (Section II).

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

II. Analysis

A. Describe the social, behavioral, and cultural factors associated with this public health issue. Be sure to substantiate your claims with relevant

evidence-based research.

B. Assess the impact of local initiatives that may exist on your selected issue. In other words, what has been done in the community, including

organizational support, initiatives, or programs, in response to this issue? Be sure to substantiate your claims with specific examples and

research.

C. Assess the impact of state-sponsored programs or interventions that may exist to address your selected public health issue.

Be sure tosubstantiate your claims with specific examples and research.

D. Analyze the efficacy of local and state initiatives and programs that address your selected public health issue. In other words, are those initiatives

or programs working? Be sure to justify your reasoning with relevant evidence-based research.

E. Bearing in mind that there may be several, identify a healthcare disparity (that is, a gap in care that is typically experienced by an underserved

population) associated with this public health issue.

F. What efforts have been made toward reducing the disparity you identified? Be sure to substantiate your claims with relevant evidence-based

research.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman

font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.