There are several independent governmental organizations that monitor public health around the world including the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each of these organizations maintains a Web site that publishes assessments of the most urgent public health problems.
In this assignment, you will summarize information on a public health issue of your choice.
Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following:
- Access the Web site of one of the following organizations, and identify a major public health issue (global or regional) that, in your opinion, is a priority issue that needs to be addressed.
- CDC—United States
- WHO—United Nations
- Department of Health—United Kingdom
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
- Department of Health—South Africa
- Department of Health—Ireland
- Ministry of Health—China
- National Institute of Public Health—Mexico
- Ministry of Health—Belize
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare—India
Based on the information available on the Web site you reviewed, create a presentation focusing on a public health issue of your choice. In your presentation, do the following:
- Describe the technical details about your public health issue.
- What is the mechanism through which public health is affected?
- How long has this been a problem?
- Is this problem caused by humans or is it naturally occurring?
- Identify whether the environment affects this issue. If yes, how?
- Identify the population affected.
- List the geographical areas affected by this problem today and those areas affected by this issue in the past.
- If other countries have attempted to control or mitigate this issue, what strategies and methods did they employ? Were they successful in their attempts?
- Describe how experts are addressing this issue. Consider, for example, the following questions as they potentially relate to your selected topic:
- Are there any new vaccines available that can help?
- Will clean water solve this issue? If so, what systems or infrastructure are necessary to ensure clean water for this region?
- How are public health officials monitoring the progression of this issue?
Be sure that your presentation addresses all of the above points. In addition, make note of the following:
- Use APA formatting for your presentation and use college-level writing skills.
- Organize your presentation, check your grammar, ensure your information flows logically, and check that your final product demonstrates unity and coherence.
- Support your statements with scholarly references.
- Prepare one slide, at the end of your presentation, as a reference slide.
- Use the speaker notes function to include remarks for each slide as though you were actually giving this presentation to an audience.
Develop a 10–12-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint format, excluding the introduction and reference slides. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
