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Homework: Social Health Homework Background and Purpose- Healthy People 2020
One of the four main goals of Health People 2020 is to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
This homework is designed to help you gain a better understanding of the social determinates of health and methods to help improve health within our community.
The websites below contain background information that may help you to further explore this topic.
Topic Selection and Article Search
Topic: Find a journal article that is of interest to you. The article should be related to major health topics discussed in class such as diet, exercise, physical activity, or stress and how they are related to the social determinates addressed in Healthy People 2020. Social determinates may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
1) Age
2) Gender
3) Race
4) Culture
5) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and TransgenderHealth
6) Socio economicposition
Disability Article Search:
1) Use the resources provided by the BHC library to find an appropriate article.
2) Or try using Google Scholar.
3) Article must be current; last 5 years
4) Article must be peerreviewed
Article Summary and Reaction
In your OWN WORDS, write a summary of the article. Concentrate on the factual information you gained from the article. The summary must be written in your own words; do not include quotes from the article. The summary should account for at least 50% of the entire paper; Label this part SUMMARY.
Describe your REACTION to the article. After reading the article, write your reaction and explain the connection to you. Use the following questions to guide your reaction: Why did you choose this article? What is your opinion about the issue? How might the information you gained influence or impact you? What is one thing you believe should be done to help the community? Label this part REACTION.