PH10 - Systems Thinking and Public Health

PH10-2-ASSIGN-Systems Thinking and Public Health

TOPIC: Systems Thinking and Public Health

The purpose of this assignment is to recognize the complex hierarchy and levels of systems and apply practical and innovative systems thinking approaches to improve a public health issue. For this assignment, you will examine the relationship between governmental and nongovernmental entities in addressing health concerns.

Instructions

Begin by reviewing the Healthy People website. On the site, select one of the leading health indicators (LHI) that are being addressed in your community.

Next, analyze how this issue is being addressed in your community by both governmental and nongovernmental entities.

In your analysis, do the following:

· Identify and summarize the leading health indicator and public health issue you chose, explaining what makes it a public health issue and supporting your argument with data.

· Analyze the system-level barriers to program implementation and success for a public health intervention. How do existing policies promote or impede health outcomes?

· Describe a system-level intervention you would like to put in place to address the issue. What policies could improve health outcomes? What systemic changes would be needed to support those policies?

· Evaluate the role cultural values and practices play in the success or failure of interventions.

· Identify the potential participants in an interprofessional team who might be involved in the intervention that you propose.

· Analyze how the interprofessional team might be involved in the intervention and why the team is important. 

· Create a Causal Loop Diagram as a visual aid that demonstrates the system-level complexities of your intervention.

 

 

Include THREE academic references

OTHER RESOURCE

https://health.gov/healthypeople

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2018). Healthy people. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov

Peters, D. H. (2014). The application of systems thinking in health: Why use systems thinking? Health Research Policy and Systems, 12, 51–56.

Waqa, G., Moodie, M., Snowdon, W., Latu, C., Coriakula, J., Allender, S., . . . Bell, C. (2017). Exploring the dynamics of food-related policymaking processes and evidence use in Fiji using systems thinking. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15, 74–82.

This article includes information about creating and using a causal loop diagram.

Research causal loop diagrams, including the steps for creating one. It may be helpful for completing the assignment

 

 

MORE INFORMATION

1. Follow the instructions exactly and use the grading rubric to make sure you're covering everything I ask for.

2. Specifically, include a Causal Loop Design with a legend/key to explain how your Causal Loop Diagram flows. Not including a Causal Loop diagram will lower your score by 25 points. So, you start from a 75 then we go from there.

3. Use the Grading Rubric as a guide for what to include in your paper. For example, use the questions in the instructions as the section headers in your paper.

4. Be concise, but fully do the paper and follow the page limit guidelines, you can go by two pages to make sure that your work is comprehensive.

5. Use correct APA referencing style for references and citing others' work.