Community Health Roles

Complete The Community Health Roles worksheet. (FOUND BELOW)

(Instructions are also on the first two pages of the worksheet)

Part I:
Start by reviewing the articles on quasi-government and non-governmental agencies in your REQUIRED course materials. Then:

• Provide solid definitions of governmental agencies,
  quasi-government, non-government agencies. Please do not copy your
  definitions from a dictionary or any source. You must explain these in
  your own words. Copying and/or direct quoting will result in 0 points on
  this portion of your assignment.
• Explain the difference between public health and medical services.

Part II:
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the chart below. In each box in column 1, you need to select four public health concerns from the list below. (You
might want to review information on some of the suggested health topics
in Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 9 in your textbook, listed in RECOMMENDED
course materials.) Your task is to find health-related
organizations/agencies and a link to their website that address these
issues at three distinct levels:

• Governmental Agencies (column B)
• Quasi-Government Agencies (column C)
• Non-Governmental Agencies (column D).

Then, in column E, write in one or two sentences explaining why this
issue is a public or community health concern. Remember that
public/community health focuses on populations, not individuals. Think
back to your explanation in Part II outlining the differences between
public health medical services. You are required to review scholarly
research to determine the role of public health as it relates to these
issues. Each description MUST include a citation.

Please note that your description of the importance to public health
should not be rooted in the individual medical health care. Public
health focuses on populations, not individual care. See the example
below to help you with your worksheet responses.

Pick 4 from this list:

Premature infants	Alzheimer’s disease
Injury and violence prevention	Air pollution
Water pollution	Diabetes
Food safety	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Homelessness	Emergency Preparedness
Suicide	Alcohol Abuse
Obesity	Smoking
Sleep health	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

CHART EXAMPLE:

COLUMN A	COLUMN B	COLUMN C	COLUMN D	COLUMN E
Health Concern	Government	Quasi-Government	Non-Government	Why is this issue a significant community/public health concern?
Cancer	National Cancer Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health) (http://www.nih.gov (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)	American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.	Colorado State University (cancer research center) (http://www.colostate.edu/features/cancer-collaboration-cu.aspx) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.	Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States (HealthyPeople.gov, 2015). By researching and developing means of prevention, we can reduce premature deaths in the population thereby improving the health of our nation.

Reference:
HealthyPeople.gov. (2015). Cancer. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objective…

Community Health Roles Worksheet Instructions

Please complete the worksheet on the second page.

Part I:

Provide solid definitions of governmental agencies, quasi-government, non-government agencies. Please do not copy your definitions from a dictionary or any source. You must explain these in your own words. Copying will result in 0 points on this portion of your assignment.

Explain the difference between public health and medical services.

Part II:

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the chart below. In each box in column 1, you need to select four public health concerns from the list below. Your task is to find health-related organizations/agencies and a link to their website that address these issues at three distinct levels:

1) Governmental Agencies (column B)

2) Quasi-Government Agencies (column C)

3) Non-Governmental Agencies (column D).

Then, in column E, write in one or two sentences explaining why this issue is a public or community health concern. Remember that public/community health focuses on populations, not individuals. Think back to your explanation in Part II outlining the differences between public health medical services. You are required to review scholarly research to determine the role of public health as it relates to these issues. Each description MUST include a citation.

Please note that your description of the importance to public health should not be rooted in the individual medical health care. Public health focuses on populations, not individual care. See the example below to help you with your worksheet responses.

Pick 4 from this list:

Premature infants

Injury and violence prevention

Alzheimer’s disease

Air pollution

Water pollution

Food safety

Homelessness

Suicide

Obesity

Sleep health

Diabetes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Emergency Preparedness

Alcohol Abuse

Smoking

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

CHART EXAMPLE:

COLUMN A	COLUMN B	COLUMN C	COLUMN D	COLUMN E
Health Concern	Government	Quasi-Government	Non-Government	Why is this issue a significant community/public health concern?
Cancer	National Cancer Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health) (http://www.nih.gov/	American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/)	Colorado State University (cancer research center) (http://www.colostate.edu/features/cancer-collabora…)	Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States (HealthyPeople.gov, 2015). By researching and developing means of prevention, we can reduce premature deaths in the population thereby improving the health of our nation.

Reference:

HealthyPeople.gov. (2015). Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objective….

COMMUNITY HEALTH ROLES WORKSHEET

Student Name: ____________________________________________________________________________

Part I:

Provide solid definitions of governmental agencies, quasi-government, non-government agencies. Please do not copy your definitions from a dictionary or any source. You must explain these in your own words. Copying will result in 0 points on this portion of your assignment.

Explain the difference between public health and medical services.

Part II: Complete the chart by following the directions posted above.

COLUMN A	COLUMN B	COLUMN C	COLUMN D	COLUMN E
Health Concern	Government	Quasi-Government	Non-Government	Why is this issue a significant community/public health concern?