Advanced Community Health

Unit 3 Discussion 2 – Advancing Community Health
This assessment addresses the following learning objective(s):
• Develop institutional, local, state, and/or federal policy initiatives.
Instructions
Policies are put into place with the objective of improving quality of life and civic engagement. But is that always the outcome?
Reflect on the community in which you live.
• Identify three issues impacting the health of your community (ex: diabetes, depression, teen pregnancy).
• For each issue, briefly summarize the level of government involvement.
• Could these issues be improved with more, or less, government involvement?
• Propose solutions to address the three issues.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
The post and responses are valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.
Estimated time to complete: 2 Hours
Peer Response: Unit 3, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT
Unit 3 Discussion 2 – Advancing Community Health
Instructions
• Explain why you agree or disagree with the level of government involvement described by your classmate.
• Are the proposed solutions feasible? Why or why not?
• End post with an open ended question
• Remember to include DOI’s for sources. MUST use APA 7th edition
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.