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Prompt:
Define your selected public health issue. (breast and cervical cancer early detection), address the following:
Provide a brief overview of the public health issue you wish to address.
Identify the impact on the community. (Be sure to include incidence rates and demographic populations.)
How does the public health issue represent a gap or disparity in access, quality, or delivery of healthcare?
How do social determinants impact the issue? Be sure to justify your reasoning.
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Running Head: DEFINING THE SELECTED PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
Defining the Selected Public Health Problem
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DEFINING THE SELECTED PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
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Overview of the selected public health issue
The selected public health issue is cervical and breast cancer screening among American
women. Cancer presents a 30% of the burden posed by non-communicable diseases in the United
States. It is the second leading cause of death in the U.S after heart disease. About 24% of all
deaths in the U.S nearly 60,000 deaths are caused by cancer every year. On the same note,
cervical and breast cancer are the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality among
American women (Martínez et al., 2013). About 12,000 American women are diagnosed with
cervical cancer, and almost 4,000 die of the same each year. However,...