Part 1: Let’s take a step back and see Health from a community standpoint. How factors play a role in our overall health? Also, what are the current health needs in your hometown? How is your state doing in different health related areas (i.e. physical activity, cancer screenings, etc) compared to the U.S. as a whole?
In your assignment this week, You will look at:
Your hometown Community Health Needs Assessment
https://datausa.io/profile/geo/wingate-nc/ (Links to an external site.)
*Use the link to look at the data to come up with 2 issues present in your hometown?
MUST be specific with your issues and use the numbers / percentages provided to make your case.
You may need to infer present health problems based on the data available.
Part 2: Hometown Assessment
*You may need to scroll down past the COVID cases and Civic/ Election info.
Part 3: Practical Application
Each of you will complete a 8-10 minute oral presentation to the class on your findings and thoughts about the community health assessment. This presentation needs to cover the demographics of your area, your findings and did they surprise you and why or why not, what your top 2 issues that stuck out to you, and two suggestions that you think could be done to help change these statistics. Please provide a simple powerpoint to go along with your presentation
This oral presentation will be worth 30 pts.
Demographics of area: 5pt.
Did the finding surprise you: 5pt.
Top 2 issues identified: 10pts.
Suggestions to see change: 5pts.
Time (8-10min max): 5pts.
Link to find data on location: https://datausa.io/ (Links to an external site.)
