Reference no: EM133188404

Topic- Heart Disease

What public health issue or cause do you feel strongly about?

For the assignments in this course, you will need to select a public health issue you are committed to that is in need of improved or greater advocacy efforts in your community. The four assignments in this course build on one another in a way that allows you to incrementally create a public health outreach campaign to gain a better understanding of health promotion, education, and advocacy.

Assignment Overview

For your course assignments, assume you have been newly hired by a private foundation that focuses on and funds public health outreach. You will select a public health issue, identify a target population and demographic, and select an outside organization (other than the one you are employed by) to collaborate with like-minded advocates for the same issue.

In your project proposal address the following:

? Justify why a specific population and demographic needs or wants public health advocacy.

? Why is it important to reach out to this population?

? What issue or problem is not being addressed or requires more attention?

? What are the implications of not addressing the issue or problem to the population?

? Explain why collaboration with a particular group would be helpful to mobilize community engagement with the public health issue.

? What organizations/groups are already in existence that may be utilized; how do they relate to the population to be reached?

? Why is it important to collaborate with these existing organizations or advocacy groups?

? Is the identified population difficult to engage? Why? What are the impediments to community engagement?

? What, if anything, does the organization do to bridge this gap?

? Identify ways to collaborate with an organization or advocacy group on a selected health issue.

? Is the group receptive to an on-site meeting for the health initiative?

? Does the group have the knowledge of, and the accessibility to, electronic message systems (internet, e-mail, et cetera)?

? Is there currently a central location where information may be disseminated to the targeted population (such as doctor's office, clinic, or social services office)?

? Explain the critical role of advocacy in public health initiatives.

? Why is it important to advocate to the target population on the specific public health initiative chosen?

? What are the implications to this population of not being provided with information, how will they be affected?

? Will this advocacy likely spread to other "fringe groups" associated with the targeted population; will the effects be positive or negative?

? Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.