Assignment: Discussion-Addressing Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding to numerous communities and organizations as well as state and local governments to implement programs that aim to eliminate health disparities. These programs often focus on policy-, systems-, and environmental-change approaches to address health equity and social determinants of health.
This assignment has two parts. Research the CDC Web site (http://www.cdc.gov), and then respond to the tasks in both parts.

Part 1: The Program

- Select a program in a given state that is funded by the CDC.
- Discuss the following aspects of the program:
o Goals of the program. Make sure you include how the programs' goals relate to health disparities.
o Location of the program.
o Number of grantees funded by the program.

Part 2: Grantee

- Name a grantee that is funded by the program you have described.

- Describe the grantees' health focus.

- Do the grantees target any specific populations? Provide appropriate reasons for your answer.

- Describe the program's strategies to eliminate disparities.

- What type of policies is the program aiming to achieve? Why? Provide appropriate reasons for your answer.

- Describe and explain the social determinants of health that are of interest to the program and why.

Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Assignment 2: The Relationship Between Health and Wealth

There is an apparent relationship between longevity, morbidity, and wealth. Health outcomes improve according to one's socioeconomic status. The purpose of this assignment is to understand how wealth can impact the health of populations.

Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the relationship between health status and wealth. Then, develop a presentation that includes the following:

- Detailed information about what you have learned about the health-wealth gradient in your home state or region. Ensure that you provide relevant facts, figures, and references in support of your information.
Charts and/or graphs that display any relationship between a specific health disparity and income or poverty status.

- Comparison of the relationship between income and poverty status with certain health indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, etc. In addition, you can compare the relationship between education status and mortality rates or income and mortality rates; breast cancer mortality and income; cervical cancer mortality and education; and between infant mortality and income, federal poverty level (FPL), or education status.

Develop an 8-10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. (Add speakers notes on all slides)