Heightening Awareness and Modifying Health Behavior

H​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​eightening Awareness and Modifying Health Behavior Assignment – 2 pages Read the required background items and the instructions below. In her commentary, “The Global Dimensions of Public Health Preparedness and Implications for US Action,” Moore (2012) points out that Public Health is truly a global issue; and she discusses what that means for us here in the US in terms of our need for preparedness. She suggests four areas for action: 1) sensitize practitioners to the global nature of diseases, 2) learn from the success of other countries, 3) US Investment in Global Health, and 4) acting locally on global issues. Instructions Your assignment is to write an essay in which you select the single area that you feel to be the most important for public health preparedness. Justify your position. You can submit your paper in a Question and Answer format. In other words, list the questions and provide a short answer to each. 1. What is the Area for Action that you feel is most important for public health preparedness? (Please write 1 paragraph maximum here) Hint: you will need to conduct your own scholarly research for information on the topic. search terms, such as “Public Health Preparedness.”. 2. Why might each of the other dimensions be slightly less imp​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​ortant? Be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion. REQUIRED READING Goldsteen, R., Dwelle, T., & Goldsteen, K. (2014). Introduction to public health (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Please read: Chapter 6: Public health system performance; and Chapter 8: Building healthy communities. (ATTACHED) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, July 22). The Obesity epidemic. Accessed from https://youtu.be/vCORDl4bqDE Moore, M. (2012). The global dimensions of public health preparedness and implications for US action. American Journal of Public Health, 102(6), e1-7. Doi:10.2105/AJP.2011.300644 (ATTACHED) Optional Reading Baum, F., & Fisher, M. (2014). Why behavioural health promotion endures despite its failure to reduce health inequities. Sociology of Health & Illness, 36(2), 213-225. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12112 (ATTACHED) Kobel, S., Lämmle, C., Wartha, O., Kesztyüs, D., Wirt, T., & Steinacker, J. M. (2017). Effects of a randomised controlled school-based health promotion intervention on obesity related behavioural outcomes of children with migration background. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19(2), 254-262. doi:10.1007/s10903-016-0460-9​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​ (ATTACHED)