For this assignment:
Analyze a social issue or community problem as well as community assets and capacities.
Identify a social issue or community problem.
Describe the populations affected by the social issue or community problem.
Briefly describe the background of the social issue or community problem.
Describe community assets and capacities that relate to the social issue or community problem.
Explain how structural bias, social inequities, and racism can undermine health and create challenges when developing sustainable programs and interventions for the selected issue or community problem.
Define the roles of gender, race, poverty, migration, and culture in a social issue or community problem.
Determine factors that make public health programs and interventions inclusive of gender, race, poverty, migration, and culture.
Analyze the agency regulatory systems, structure of health care, and public health compared to other national and international agencies.
Evaluate the agency’s role in addressing the need, problem, or social issue.
Describe the main similarities of the agency to other national and international agencies.
Describe the main differences of the agency from other national and international agencies.
Discuss the systems-thinking tools the practicum site uses to address a public health issue or community problem.
Describe the systems-thinking tools used at the practicum site.
Discuss how the systems-thinking tools are used to address a community public health issue or problem.
Identify at least one public health or behavioral change theory applicable to address the social issue or community problem.
Identify public health theories or behavioral change theories.
Define linguistic competence, cultural competency, and health literacy.
Explain how the practicum site addresses linguistic competence, cultural competency, and health literacy when addressing the public health disparities or concerns.