Please see the grading rubric in the syllabus for specific
requirements. In general, topics
responses should be in the form of a short application
paper, 2-3 pages in length in APA
formatting, not including the required cover page and page
for your reference list used to write
about your chosen topics. In your paper: 1) introduce your
topics, 2) discuss your topics, and
then 3) make a conclusion about your topics.
Pick one (1) item from each of the (3) topic areas that
interest you the most. Use the topic
heading as a subtitle in your paper:
TOPIC 1: The physical, social, and environmental aspects of
community health.
1. List and explain at least three physical factors
affecting community health.
2. Explain how social norms may be a factor affecting
community health.
3. Explain how President Eisenhower’s heart attack in the
1950s was a major community
health event.
4. Provide at least two community environmental health
examples of progress stemming
from the Health for All efforts.
5. Why does the United States see alcohol and other drug
abuse in the 21st century as a
community health concern?
6. Explain the framework of Healthy People 2020.
TOPIC 2: Global, national, state, and local community health
structure and initiatives.
1. Describe the organization of the World Health
Organization (WHO) and two of the six
points in the World Health Organization’s agenda.
2. Provide four examples of the 22 core functions of the
World Health Organization.
3. List at least two federal agencies other than the
Department of Health and Human
Services that contribute to the betterment of our nation’s
health, and explain how they do
this.
4. List and provide the key responsibility for at least
three operating divisions of the
Department of Health and Human Services.
5. Provide at least four barriers to coordinated school
health programs.
6. List three categories of nongovernmental health agencies.
TOPIC 3: Descriptive epidemiology, case rates, and their
use.
1. Define epidemiology, and explain why case rates are
important to epidemiologists.
2. Explain the differences between incidence rates and
prevalence rates.
3. Define morbidity reporting and vital statistics.
4. Explain why one would use an age-adjusted rate.
5. What questions are descriptive studies designed to answer
6. What are the three ways the objectives of the National
Health Survey Act of 1956 are
being fulfilled?
