Scenario
Public Health Core Functions and Ten Essential Services
Operationalized
Scenario: The Yuba
County Health Department and Yuba School District have partnered to develop a
school-based, interdisciplinary program aimed at reducing obesity in
middle-school students.
For more
information on this assignment, please see the Module 3 area of the course,
along with the rubric for this assignment.
The Assignment
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper
and, based on the scenario provided:
Identify and explain the
main public health core function(s) that is/are
addressed by the public
health–related “event” described in scenario.
Identify and describe two
public health essential services that were
(or could be) operationalized
through the public health–related “event” described in the scenario.
For each essential service
you identified, describe a specific action that could be taken to
operationalize the essential service, and explain what type of public
health personnel are likely to have the responsibility for that action.
Describe how teams with
multiple types of personnel can work together to take action on this
public health issue, supporting your ideas with at least two best
practices in teamwork.
Be sure to cite the
resources you used within your assignment using APA format for in-text
citations and include a reference list at the end of your
paper.
Make sure you follow APA
format for all aspects of your paper.