The Core Functions of Public Health (Assessment, Policy Development, & Assurance)

Select a 30-55min video from the list below to watch for completing your final project, looking at how public health has approached the health topic or issue discussed in the video you selected. Additionally, in this "Case Study 2" write-up, you will be discussing how public health has applied the three core functions of public health (assessment, policy development, and assurance) to improve the issue from the video you have chosen. As a result of what we have learned throughout the semester in this course, it turns out there's much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social conditions in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affects our well-being and longevity (Adelman et al., 2008). Now, it is time to pull it all together and discuss it! Assignment Details: • Select only ONE video from the list of 6 videos below to watch for completing your Case Study #2 • In this case study, you will be providing summaries of the ONE video you selected by answering each of the questions provided for that core public health function (Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance). (Word Length= min. 500 or more words for length requirement) • You will ensure that your answers are elaborate and have detailed responses to each question. This case study sums up what you have learned in this course, allowing you to connect these problems and the theories and concepts covered in the class throughout the semester   Define and Assess the problem (Assessment): (One Paragraph) 1. What is the biomedical description of the public health issue? If the issue is not biomedical, describe how the issue is related to public health. 2. How does this issue impact an individual’s quality of life? How does it impact communities? If the issue is not biomedical, how does it impact the health of a community or population? 3. How many people are diagnosed with this health issue every year? If not biomedical, how many people are impacted by the issue every year? 4. Estimated costs for this public health issue including the cost of medical care, lost productivity, etc.? 5. How is the identified health issue monitored to identify and solve community health problems? Policy Development (One Paragraph) 1. How does public health educate the population at risk about a health issue or a public health threat? 2. What do the public and/or private sectors do to engage the population at risk to minimize and eliminate the health issue or threat to public health? 3. What policies in the public and/or private sector promote the education of and/or protection from this health issue or public health threat?