Chronic Diseases in the Community

Topic: Chronic Diseases in the Community

Instructions:

Our communities are constantly faced with health crisis due to the increasing burden of chronic disease. Underlying these conditions are substantial health risk factors, such poor nutrition, alcohol abuse, tobaccos exposure and use, and physical inactivity. Engaging the community in healthier behaviors would greatly reduce the risk for chronic disease and death.

For the Case Study, complete the following.

• Describe two chronic diseases that have plagued your community.
• How do public health officials handle the chronic diseases? Provide examples of interventions and programs.
• What can you, as a public health official, suggest to improve the interventions or programs?

Your case study must be a minimum of two pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.

To support your ideas, use a minimum of three outside sources; one may be the textbook.

Additionally, use a source that focuses on your community, such as a newspaper or journal article.

Remember that all written assignments must be formatted using APA style, including in-text citations and references.

Suggested Outline:

Topic: Chronic Diseases in the Community

1. Cover page
2. Introduction
   1. 1 paragraph that
      1. Briefly introduces chronic diseases and how they impact public health
      2. Introduces your chosen community

• End the paragraph with a thesis statement to organize the rest of the paper. For example: To understand the impact of chronic diseases in _(chosen community)___, we will look first at the chronic diseases of __(chronic disease # 1)_ and of __(chronic disease # 2)___, then at how public officials handle chronic diseases, and finally at how public health interventions to address both of these chronic diseases can be improved to be more effective.

• Chronic diseases in the community
  1. 1 paragraph with
     1. Description of the 1^stchronic disease
     2. Statistics on the 1^stchronic disease in the community
  2. 1 paragraph with
     1. Description of the 2^ndchronic disease
     2. Statistics on the 2^ndchronic disease in the community
  3. Public health activities for chronic diseases
     1. 1-2 paragraphs on
        1. how public health officials handle chronic diseases
        2. Give specific examples of interventions and programs to address the 2 chronic diseases that you chose.
     2. Recommendations
        1. 1 paragraph with
           1. What you (as a public health official) would recommend to improve the interventions or programs that you identified in the previous section. Give specific examples of what could be improved.
        2. Conclusion

• References