Assignment: Public Health Trends Educational Brochure
You have been asked to create an educational handout for incoming employees of a healthcare organization to ensure that they fully understand the impact of public health trends on disparities. The handout should include visual elements and text that address public health's history of influential trends and the issue of disparities, an explanation of the relationship between health trends and disparities, and a spotlight section that uses a specific public health trend to analyze its impact on public health and to address its disparities, contributing causes, and possible interventions.
You should also be considerate of the population that you are targeting by using appropriate vocabulary, design, and tone to convey your points. Be sure to address the following in your handout:
o To begin, develop an appropriate title and choose an appropriate image to display.
o Note: All images used in your handout should be free from copyright restrictions.
o Describe five public health trends that occurred in the last 100 years that have been instrumental in public health advancements or achievements.
o Explain how public health trends are related to disparities that exist locally, nationally, and globally.
o Select and spotlight one of the previously described public health trends/achievements/advancements, and explain how it informs public health.
o Analyze the disparities within the trend.
o Analyze what contributes to the trend and disparities, including social determinants of health.
o Recommend a strategy to address one or more disparities.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.