HCA 415 Week 5 Discussion ( What are YOU going to do about it ) ~ ( Latest Syllabus – Perfect Tutorial – Scored 100% ). What are YOU going to do about it?
In the past weeks, you have examined and explored the challenges and issues facing delivery of public health services in a given community and across the nation. The goal of public health is to prevent disease and promote health.
To that end, take a moment to review your own communities health needs through a purview of current events, your own setting by informally interviewing public health professionals, or reviewing national databases like the ones listed below:
America’s Health Rankings . (2015). Retrieved from http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
The Commonwealth Fund. (2015). Overall Ranking, 2014 . Retrieved from http://datacenter.commonwealthfund.org/#ind=1/sc=1
For this discussion, you are asked to do the following: Describe a significanat health issue in your community or state. Compare its significance to the national priorities of Healthy People 2020 goals (is it a national priority or just one found in your state/community). Explain what type of effort it will take to fully address it (leadership skills, financing, organizational buy-in, stakeholders, perceptions, barriers) Evaluate the efforts YOU can take to address this issue. (As a public health practitioner, what is YOUR role such as: Will you develop, lead or be part of a public health program to address the issue? Will you work on financing, organizational buy-in, stakeholders…what are you going to do to address this concern?) Links to other tutorials for HCA 415
Just click on Assignment/Discussion/Quiz name to go to respective tutorial. · HCA 415 Week 1 Assignment ( 10 Essential Services of Public Health )
· HCA 415 Week 1 Quiz
· HCA 415 Week 2 Assignment 1 ( Community Health Roles )
· HCA 415 Week 2 Assignment 2 ( Ethics in Public Health Case Study )
· HCA 415 Week 2 Discussion ( Infectious and Chronic Diseases )
· HCA 415 Week 3 Assignment 1 ( 11 Blue Men )
· HCA 415 Week 3 Assignment 2 ( Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part I )
· HCA 415 Week 3 Quiz
· HCA 415 Week 4 Assignment ( Advocating for Public Health Policy )
· HCA 415 Week 4 Discussion 1 ( Public Health Disasters & Preparedness )
· HCA 415 Week 4 Discussion 2 ( Allocating Public Health Resources )
· HCA 415 Week 5 Assignment ( Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part II )
· HCA 415 Week 5 Discussion ( What are YOU going to do about it )
