HCS457 Complete Course

HCS457 Week-1 Community Newsletter

You have been asked by your local government to help create a newsletter for your community. For the first issue, they have asked you to provide an overview of public health. 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word article in which you:

• Define public health.
• Explain the historical development of public health.
• Identify a career(s) within public health and how it relates to public or community health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references.

 

 

HCS457 Week-2 Access to Healthcare

For the next newsletter, you have been asked to provide information about the role of government in public health.

Choose a health issue prevalent in your community.  There is to be a minimum of one each of national, state, and local governmental health agency websites.

Research national, state, and local governmental health agency websites for information on your chosen health issue.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of your findings that includes the following:

• Analyze the structure and function of public health at national, state, and local levels. In your analysis, include:
• What type of structure you see between levels of government.
• What functions you see at each level of government.
• How the levels of government work together.

Use specific examples from your research to validate your points.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references of which there is a minimum of one each of national, state, and local governmental health agency websites.

 

 

HCS457 Week-3 PERIE Model

Review the PERIE model and process described in Ch. 2 of the text.

Complete each of the following steps for your team's chosen public health issue or disease using a chosen state in the USA (identify the state and public health issue being discussed in the introduction slide) Apply public health, community health, and/or population health concepts to the content requirements to the chosen state in the USA :

Review at least two websites identified in the Website Review and Summary assignment.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes to summarize your findings pertaining to the issue or disease
Explain epidemiology and its relationship to public health.
Describe the issue or disease.
Identify the underlying nature and cause of the issue or disease.
Analyze the uses and effects of demographic data, surveillance data, and vital statistics in public and community health.
Identify the demographics and effect of the issue or disease on the community.
Determine if the effects cross from community to state or national levels.
Analyze possible solutions for the issue or disease selected
Identify possible solutions.
Explain how successful the solutions were.
Determine additional suggestions for treatment or resolution.
Include how the model served as a guide to understand the cause.

Include at least 4 references in addition to the text.

 

 

HCS457 Week-4 HIV in Atlanta, GA

For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write about the effect of a specific communicable disease in YOUR community, county or state.(HIV in Atlanta, GA)

Please identify both the disease and location in your introduction and refer to it in the required content.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper summarizing your research. Include the following information:

• Describe the disease and discuss efforts to control it.
• Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.
• Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.
• Identify gaps and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.
• Include recommendations to expand the community's programs if there are gaps.
• Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.
• Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references.

 

 

HCS457 Week-5 Spectrum of health care facilities

For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write a 700- to 1,050-word article about the spectrum of health care facilities. In your article:

• Analyze the spectrum of health care facilities that exist in the U.S.
• Analyze the purpose and goals of each of the different types of health care facilities in the U.S.
• Analyze how the different types of facilities work together.
• Analyze who is responsible for the oversight of the facilities.
• Analyze the similarities and differences of the health care facilities.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.

 

 

HCS457 Week-5 The Big Picture

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you: 

• Compare health systems of various countries.
• Describe approaches to connecting public health and the health care system.
• Describe lessons learned from past issues.
• Identify future trends in public health.