Community at Risk
In this week’s discussion question, you were asked to review your State health report card and identify key health indicators related to health outcomes, health behaviors, and quality of health systems.
Now that you have reviewed your state’s statistics and key health indicators, let us look at how they influence your community. Please create a digital poster, answering the following questions:
- Please provide a brief socioeconomic and demographic overview of your community (racial and ethnic composition, age, demographics, income, educational attainment, military presence, and occupation).
- What are the major causes of illness, injury, and death in the community?
- What health issues and behaviors are most concerning to local citizens and community leaders?
- What barriers exist for residents to achieve better health? (Cost and Distance)
- What resources exist to support communitywide goals and strategies to address the health issues identified? (Free clinic- LSU Lallie Kemp for low income or no income patients) Not sure of others
Requirements
Create a poster highlighting your community and population, answering the above questions. Tips to creating a professional quality digital poster are listed below:
- Determine your digital poster format
- Brainstorm the Content-make sure you are answering all the questions above!
- Pick a suitable Template
- Use color to grab attention
- Choose graphics and typography
- Clean up any clutter.
- Please make sure to follow APA guidelines.
Have fun! Be creative.