Health Assignment

Prompt for Health Assignment

Topic = Obesity epidemic in the state of Florida

For this assignment, consider yourself an employee of an actual healthcare organization of your choosing, in which your role is to research the social and behavioral aspects of public health issues and make recommendations about changes in social and behavioral factors that will lead to a decrease in public health issues. You will choose a public health issue with your instructor’s approval for the basis of this project, analyze the issue for its social and behavioral factors, and make specific recommendations for changes that will lead to a measurable improvement of that issue.

This assignment should contain an overview of the public health issue and target population you will be addressing in your final project. You should frame the impact that your selected public health issue had (or is having) on your target populations at a national and/or international level. At least two sources should be used for this assignment. 1 to 2 pages long, APA format.

Use

http://www.floridahealth.gov/index.html

as one of the sources.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Introduction

A. Summarize your public health issue with respect to the community or state to which it is pertinent.

B. Discuss why it is considered a public health issue. Be sure to support your claims with research.

C. Identify the population that is most at risk for this issue. Be sure to support your claims with research.

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.