Wk 5 - How Social and Economic Factors Affect Health

Overview

1. Read Social Determinants of Health: How Social and Economic Factors Affect Health from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
   Imagine you work in a department that deals with health services and epidemiology in a large city and wants to implement programs in your new home, which is a small city that exhibits some of the negative determinant factors of health outlined in the paper.
   Write a plan in 700 words that you can present to the public health authorities in your community. The plan must address the following:
   • How to increase awareness of the specific problems affecting the community
   • How to effectively build, support, and lead partnerships with government and non-government agencies to affect change
   • How to use, adapt, or enhance existing community resources to implement the programs
   • A review of “Health in All Policies” (HiAP) to determine its applicability to your community
   • The means to evaluate the effectiveness of the program at designated future time intervals to ensure sustainability
   
   Please be mindful your paper is formatted using APA guidelines, and includes a title page, and reference page.
   Format your assignment according to APA guidelines, APA style 7th edition.
   Submit your assignment.