Homework
For this homework, you will utilize information and research from the homeworks in previous units to create a concept paper on the community health of the community you have chosen (Kansas Community). You will incorporate your opinions and perspectives, supported by research and data you discovered in your previous homework. Your concept paper should contain best practices, philosophies, and other related issues that you believe should be acted on in the near future for the betterment of the community. It should also illustrate the unique roles and requirements of a community health worker serving this area.
Be sure to consider any feedback you received from your professor in previous homework as you address the following areas in your concept paper.
1. Give an overview of your community to include any relevant population, demographic, cultural, social, or economic characteristics.
2. Identify a significant determinant of health that impacts your community.
3. Identify a specific public health issue that is commonly seen by a multicultural or diverse population in the community.
4. Describe a local health promotion program that is failing or lacking in the community that could help meet the determinants of health needs of the diverse population in the community.
5. Discuss the community health framework/model that can be applied to the health promotion program.
6. Discuss a law or policy that could alleviate determinant of health issues if it were in place.
7. Discuss the role a CHW would play in addressing determinants of health, multicultural or diverse populations, and health equity in the community.
8. Identify the role a CHW can play and the collaboration needed with others in the community to effect system, environmental, and policy changes.
9. Discuss the skills and traits a CHW would need to be a successful change agent in this community.
10. Conclude your concept paper with recommendations and expectations of positive change in the public health of the community.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.