Sustaining and Increasing the Benefits of Public Health

1. Access and read these articles:
2. “Sustaining and Increasing the Benefits of Public Health” on the National Conference of State Legislators website at http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/public-health-infrastructure-webpage.aspx
3. “Clinical-Community Linkages” on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website at http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/community/
4. After reading the two articles. consider the following scenario: As the director of communications for a local public health department, you have been asked to facilitate the Town Hall meeting. Given the time allotment for your presentation, you anticipate you will have enough time to present a 10-to-12 slide PowerPoint presentation and accompanying speech.
5. Create the PowerPoint presentation that you will use to make your presentation to the Town Hall participants. Your presentation should focus on your department’s efforts to improve its relations with, and ways to better serve, the community represented at the Town Hall. Your presentation should:
6. Include the key components of a well-coordinated public health department.
7. Include the potential barriersforsuccess as well as proven approaches or best practices for overcoming barriers.
8. Be 10-to-12 slides long, accompanied by speech notes. Your presentation should be created in such a way as to be the talking points for your Town Hall speech.
1. Using the Speech Notes feature in PowerPoint, capture the speaking points you will use during your Town Hall speech for each PowerPoint slide.
9. Use in-text citations where appropriate, or include APA-formatted references at the bottom of the slides that require a reference.
10. Important Note:Your PowerPoint presentation for the Town Hall participants should not be copied from the PowerPoint found on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. If you include references or citations from that document, follow the APA guidelines in section d above

Access and read these articles:

1. “Sustaining and Increasing the Benefits of Public Health†on the National Conference of State Legislators website athttp://www.ncsl.org/research/health/public-health-infrastructure-webpage.aspx
2. “Clinical-Community Linkages†on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website athttp://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/community/

After reading the two articles. consider the following scenario: As the director of communications for a local public health department, you have been asked to facilitate the Town Hall meeting. Given the time allotment for your presentation, you anticipate you will have enough time to present a 10-to-12 slide PowerPoint presentation and accompanying speech. Create the PowerPoint presentation that you will use to make your presentation to the Town Hall participants. Your presentation should focus on your department’s efforts to improve its relations with, and ways to better serve, the community represented at the Town Hall. Your presentation should:

1. Include the key components of a well-coordinated public health department.
2. Include the potential barriers for success as well as proven approaches or best practices for overcoming barriers.
3. Be 10-to-12 slides long, accompanied by speech notes. Your presentation should be created in such a way as to be the talking points for your Town Hall speech.
1. Using the Speech Notes feature in PowerPoint, capture the speaking points you will use during your Town Hall speech for each PowerPoint slide.
4. Use in-text citations where appropriate, or include APA-formatted references at the bottom of the slides that require a reference.
5. Important Note:Your PowerPoint presentation for the Town Hall participants should not be copied from the PowerPoint found on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. If you include references or citations from that document, follow the APA guidelines in section d above