HCS 457 Week 3 Assignment Document or Visual: Chosen Disease in Community and Corresponding SDOHs

Assignment Content

1.

In next week’s summative assessment, as a public health manager, you’ll be

tasked with creating an action plan based on a chosen community and a disease

or health concern that community faces. This week, you’ll begin your research by

choosing a health concern or disease and a community affected by it (e.g.,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, studies of diabetes and

Indigenous people of the U.S.).

Create a document or visual that shares your chosen topics and your

findings with the faculty member.

o Describe the selected disease or health condition and the efforts to control

it.

o Describe the background of the community.

o Describe 2–4 social determinants of health (SDOH) for your community

related to this disease or health condition.

Submit your APA paper assignment in Word or if you choose the visual, submit

your PowerPoint in Microsoft PowerPoint with speaker notes. PDFs or links are

not accepted.

Reference:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018, November 15). Native

Americans with diabetes: Better diabetes care can decrease kidney failure. U.S.

Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aian-

diabetes/index.html