Visit the city health dashboard at httpswww.cityhealthdashboard

1. Visit the City Health Dashboard at
https://www.cityhealthdashboard.com/ (Links to an external
site.)
and identify the top three health care issues facing your
community or a community closely related. Then relate these
issues back to the Global Burden of Disease and national efforts
to address these health care burdens.
1. Explore the national initiatives and determine if these
approaches have meaning within your community and can offer
a positive solution to some of the healthcare issues facing your
community.
2. Discuss which strategies you would use to engage your local
policymaker in a discussion about these national initiatives to
advocate for change. Remember the excellent resources to
determine national healthcare goals are at the NIH or Healthy
People 2020 websites.
3. Compose a Tweet that describes how the Global Burden of
Disease is impacting your community. Remember to be concise
as Twitter only allows 140 characters. Share your Tweet in the
discussions.
4. Finally, what are your thoughts on how Dr. Riley did with
Congressman Aiken? What did she do correctly and what could
she have improved? As you consider your initial meeting with a
Congressman, would you have prepared additional information
or in a different way? Share your thoughts and perspectives.