Wk 3 Document or Visual: Chosen Disease in Community and Corresponding SDOHs

HCS/457: Public And Community Health

Wk 3 Document or Visual: Chosen Disease in Community and Corresponding SDOHs

Assignment Content

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In next week’s summative assessment, as a public health manager, you’ll be tasked with creating an action plan based on a chosen community and a disease or health concern that community faces. This week, you’ll begin your research by choosing a health concern or disease and a community affected by it (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, studies of diabetes and Indigenous people of the U.S.).

Create a document or visual that shares your chosen topics and your findings with the faculty member.

o Describe the selected disease or health condition and the efforts to control it.

o Describe the background of the community.

o Describe 2–4 social determinants of health (SDOH) for your community related to this disease or health condition.

Submit your APA paper assignment in Word or if you choose the visual, submit your PowerPoint in Microsoft PowerPoint with speaker notes. PDFs or links are not accepted.

Reference:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018, November 15). Native Americans with diabetes: Better diabetes care can decrease kidney failure. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aian-diabetes/index.html