Activity 7
Population Focused Interventions in a Rural Community
In this activity, you will identify health issues or concerns that impact a specific population group living in Sentinel Town to address health promotion and disease prevention.
Enter Sentinel Town and click the map to locate a citizen or family. Review the bio-sketch relevant to the specific population group (i.e. elderly, immigrants, single parents, Hispanic men or women, etc.).
Identify three (3) key health issues or concerns that impact a specific population group living in a rural community
List the determinants of health relevant to each of the issues or concerns
What are three (3) common issues or concerns similar for people in this population group who live in urban areas might encounter?
Explain why or why not this would be different from the rural setting?
Provide an evidenced-based health promotion or disease prevention intervention for each identified issue or concern
Would the location, rural or urban, impact your interventions, why or why not?
State a rationale that includes statistical data
