Instructions: Public health initiatives, campaigns, and policies aim to improve health outcomes for a population. During the 1980s, huge public health campaigns promoting condom use and other safe sex practices were instrumental in reducing the spread of HIV. Starting in the early 1900’s, the FDA began issuing pamphlets promoting healthy diets (the most recent iterations of this were the Food Pyramid and the current MyPlate).
For this Discussion, imagine that you are a public health worker. You are proposing a project that aims to improve a particular health outcome (could be curbing the spread of an infectious disease, promoting physical activity or healthy diet, discouraging use of a harmful substance, etc.) for a particular population (could be nationwide, in a local community, a school, workplace, etc).
Step 1: Your Initial Post – Explain your project. What specific health outcome are you addressing? How does your project aim to promote this health outcome? Are you using nudges? What is your target population? Why is this an important public health issue (as opposed to simply a matter of individual health)? What moral principles are at play? Why should your target population buy into this project? Give a moral argument in support of your project.
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