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Identify And Examine A Public Health

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Columbia Southern University
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Running head: PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE 1
Public Health Issue
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Public Health Issue
The public health issue experienced commonly in the community is heart disease. The
community comprises of people all the ages, but the young people form the largest population.
Besides, members of this community are diverse in their cultures. There are whites, Latin
Americans, and African Americans living in the community. Most of the people living in this
community live under low standards because they do not have opportunities for education and
even work. The issue of heart disease has been commonly experienced among the members of this
community on a wide scale. The most affected population is the older population even though
people in other ages stiff suffer from heart disease but on a less frequency that the older people.
The issue of heart disease in the community can be resolved by applying the project Heart
health ecological model. The model will aim to enhance educational awareness to the community
members and other stakeholders in the control and prevention of the disease. Project Heart will
support designing of health promotion as well as a disease prevention program that will address
the risk factors to the cardiovascular disease (RHI Hub, n.d.). The project will rely on a community
health worker in the service provision. However, the community health worker will be a member
of the community in question and will be sharing most of the cultural as well as social and
economic characteristics of the community.
The ecological health model can be applied to the public issue of the heart disease for the
community through promoting the advocacy for the patients. Besides, the community health
worker will promote education, work as an outreach worker, mentorship, and translation.
Healthcare workers will act as a bridge between the health care system and the community they
serve to promote health and prevent the disease. The actions that would be taken at the patient’s

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Running head: PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE Public Health Issue Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation 1 Running head: PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE 2 Public Health Issue The public health issue experienced commonly in the community is heart disease. The community comprises of people all the ages, but the young people form the largest population. Besides, members of this community are diverse in their cultures. There are whites, Latin Americans, and African Americans living in the community. Most of the people living in this community live under low standards because they do not have opportunities for education and even work. The issue of heart disease has been commonly experienced among the members of this community on a wide scale. The most affected population is the older population even though people in other ages stiff suffer from heart disease but on a less frequency that the older people. The issue of heart disease in the community can be resolved by applying the project Heart health ecological model. The model will aim to enhance educational awareness to the community members and other stakeholders in the control and prevention of the disease. Project Heart will support designing ...
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