Discussion: Apply Knowledge

Step 1: Reflect on your community and review the Week 1 Practicum Project Health Promotion Topics and Resources documentLinks to an external site. to select a specific topic (i.e. firearm safety, rather than injury prevention).

Step 2: Select a topic that is a health concern in your community. This topic will be used for your Practicum Project throughout the course. See the Apply My Learning at the bottom of Week 1 Explore Page 2 for an example.

Step 3: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail.

Paragraph one: Describe your selected topic. Provide a rationale for your topic selection and explain how you determined that it is a significant concern within your community.

Paragraph two: Use the Week 1 Practicum Project Health Promotion Topics and Resources documentLinks to an external site. to review the resources associated with your topic. Explain why professional organizations view the selected issue as a community health concern. Cite at least one outside scholarly source in this paragraph as evidence.

Paragraph three: Describe how the social determinants of health impact your selected topic. Provide two examples.

References: Provide complete references for all citations.