Community Health

Imagine that you are preparing to pursue a career in public health. Select one of the public health careers:
Community Health: (Health Care Administrator, Health Educator, Community Health Worker)
Write a 1-2 page, double spaced paper, that discusses the following: educational requirements; role and responsibilities, job prospects for the future, why you want to pursue this career and how you hope to improve population health with this career.
Include a minimum of 2 references in APA format – with in-text citations and references in APA format. No title page or abstract are necessary.

Community health, adolescent and young adults.

Community health, adolescent and young adults.

 

 

1. Provide at least three examples of behaviors related to unintentional injuries of high
school students that are assessed as part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
(YRBSS) and discuss what interventions have or may help reduce them.
2. Describe what types of prevention programs are needed to change the culture as it relates
to adolescents’ use of alcohol and/or recreational drug use.
3. The CDC lists six critical types of adolescent health behavior that contribute to the
leading causes of death and disability among adults and youth, which include 1) Alcohol
and drug use, 2) Injury and violence (including suicide), 3) Tobacco use, 4) Nutrition, 5)
Physical activity, 6) Sexual behaviors.