UTD Social Factors Determining the Distribution of Cancer Discussion

1. Examine social and structural factors that affect the determinants and distribution of a disease within a geographic region.2. Identify surveillance and screening challenges within populations of a geographic region.3. Determine the efficacy of current policies and programs on the disease/condition.4. Recommend mitigation strategies. 

Select a disease or condition and identify the social and structural factors that affect the determinants and distribution of this disease in one state of your choice (not Arizona or Missouri) and in the United States. What surveillance and screening challenges would you expect to encounter with any of these disparate populations on the state level? What mitigation strategies might a state epidemiologist recommend to public health professionals? From an ethical and social justice point of view, what current policies and programs are helping to mitigate these issues?