Overview: After analyzing your public health issue in Milestone One and studying socioeconomic factors affecting healthcare in this module, you will write a short paper to identify and analyze socioeconomic barriers and supports involved in addressing the public health issue. Your paper must include an introduction to your public health issue, a discussion of socioeconomic barriers to change, a discussion of supports for change, and a conclusion with a call to action for your readers. Assume your readers will include healthcare administrators and managers, as well as healthcare policy makers and legislators.
Prompt: Write a short paper including the following sections:
I. Introduction
A. Introduce your public health issue and briefly explain what needs to change to address the issue.
II. Barriers
- Identify two potential socioeconomic barriers to change and describe each with specific details.
- Consider patient demographics (e.g., age, ethnicity, and education), geographic factors (e.g., urban/rural location), and psychographic factors(e.g., eating habits and employment status).
- Justify your points by referencing your textbook or other scholarly resources.
III. Supports
- Identify two possible socioeconomic supports for change and describe each with specific details.
- Consider patient demographics (e.g., age, ethnicity, and education), geographic factors (e.g., urban/rural location), and psychographic factors(e.g., eating habits and employment status).
- Justify your points by referencing your textbook or other scholarly resources.
IV. Conclusion
A. Conclude with a clear call to action: What can your readers do to assist in the implementation of the necessary changes?
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper must be submitted as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
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