FINALCOURSE PROJECT PART 1
Recognizing Health Hazards / Existing Needs
and Possible Solutions
The role of the professional health member in community health includes planning and
developing programs and services (interventions, actions) to preventor reduce the chance of
illnessor injury to their community. Programs and services may also be needed to manage current
illnesses or needs of persons within the community. Empowering the community acton its
behalf is very important to building healthy communities.
Stick to a 1-mile location to focus your assessment and make sure your plan is achievable from a health
perspective.
Specific to your chosen community, discuss your community in an APA formatted paper to include:
▪ Title page (student version)
▪ Minimum of 2-pages and a maximum of 5-pages
▪ Reference page
▪ Headings (page 61-66 of the APA manual)
The title and reference pages do not count in the page limit.
Support your information from researched sources. Government and city information can be found
online. If you are unable to find specific information regarding demographics use city or state
information available. Sites such as vital statistics for the community, the Chamber of Commerce, and
CDC, Census.gov can provide valuable information. Speaking with people in the community is always a
great resource.
The APA paper will include:
▪ Provide a descriiption of your selected community. Include demographics, mortality and
morbidity, as well as strengths for the area.
▪ Identify what you see as the #1 health risk/hazard in your community
▪ Discuss your goal for your selected community according to the identified health risk/hazard you
selected.
▪ What interventions ,plans, and actions (strategy) would be needed to help the community reach
the goal? (Chapter 5 in your textbook will be helpful.) Your goals are to be specific,
measurable, achievable, and time limited.
▪ Discuss the outcomes you expect from to resolve or minimize the effects of
the identified health risk/hazard for your community
the health hazard selected for this paper is homeless in Mississippi
demographic for this paper will be done on McComb MS
