Disscussion

Take a moment to review your own communities health needs through a purview of current events, your own setting by informally interviewing public health professionals, or reviewing national databases like the ones listed below:

America's Health Rankings. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.americashealthrankings.org/

The Commonwealth Fund. (2015). Overall Ranking, 2014. Retrieved from http://datacenter.commonwealthfund.org/#ind=1/sc=1

For this discussion, you are asked to do the following:

1. Describe a significanat health issue in your community or state (FL).

2. Compare its significance to the national priorities of Healthy People 2020 goals (is it a national priority or just one found in your state/community).

3. Explain what type of effort it will take to fully address it (leadership skills, financing, organizational buy-in, stakeholders, perceptions, barriers)

4. Evaluate the efforts YOU can take to address this issue. (As a public health practitioner, what is YOUR role such as: Will you develop, lead or be part of a public health program to address the issue? Will you work on financing, organizational buy-in, stakeholders...what are you going to do to address this concern?)