Define public health needs and capacities

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Define public health needs and capacities. Discuss the public health needs and capacities of the population served by your practicum agency.

  1. Discuss how you have applied a socioecological framework to the  development of population-based intervention strategies to improve  health and reduce inequities for the population you are serving.
    • Define the ecological framework.
    • Describe how you would apply an ecological framework to the development and implementation of population-based interventions.
  2. Analyze the insights gained concerning gender, race, poverty,  history, migration, and culture when working toward health equity at  organizational, community, and societal levels.
    • Discuss how these determinants undermine health and create challenges.
    • Discuss inclusive ways to achieve health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels.
  3. Differentiate among availability, acceptability, and accessibility of health care across diverse populations.
    • Describe how the population your agency serves is accessing  health care and services, accepting the services available, and is  willing to make behavioral changes.
    • Describe potential ways to improve the current state.
  4. Compare your practicum agency to other agencies in terms of structure, systems, and public health practices.
    • Define the agency structure, systems, and public health practices.
    • Provide examples of the agency structure, systems, and public health practices.
  5. Explain how professional ethics and practices relate to equity and accountability in diverse community settings.
    • Discuss how your own professional ethics have helped improve health equity for the populations served at your practicum site.
    • Identify ways to improve your knowledge, ethics, and practices to better serve diverse communities and populations.
  6. Analyze the systems-thinking or building tools you have used at your practicum site.
    • Define systems-thinking or building tools.
    • Describe how you have employed these tools to influence the  community’s health behaviors to address health disparities or public  health concerns.
    • Describe other tools you would like to use.
    • Describe how use of these tools would benefit the community