Identify a population based public/community health problem in Wake County North Carolina. Your selection could be based on one of the following:
a. Cultural/ethnic group e.g. Native Americans Russians Latinos Black Americans etc.
b. A disease/disability group e.g. diabetics persons with A.I.D.S. (P.W.A.) people with Multiple Sclerosis Alzheimers disease etc.
c. Health coverage category e.g. Medicare Medicaid Medi-Cal (California) Women Infants Children (W.I.C.) program etc.
2. Provide a description of your selected health problem.
3. Obtain epidemiology/demographic data from Wake County North Carolina health department that documents the problem provides parameters and defines/illustrates the scope of the problem.
4. Research identify and describe a minimum of four resources currently available/providing services to/for your selected group. These may include any of the following: programs/ agencies which provide specialized services/interventions or grant monies. Describe the programs and discuss how the availability/existence of the program/service is communicated to the selected population group i.e. how does the population find out about the availability of services or the existence of the organization/agency?
5. Identify and discuss the barriers to solving your selected public/community health problem in terms of the following:
a. services needed
b. access
c. communication challenges
d. regulatory/political issues
e. inter-agency scope of delivery and care
f. financing/economics/budgetary issues
g. population/human impact
6. Identify and discuss the major stakeholders that would be involved in solving your public/community health problem. Are there any agencies with conflicting agendas and/or crossovers of service provision?
7. Based on your analysis make three recommendations to solve your identified problem. Provide data and reference citations to support and lend credibility to your recommendations.
