Contemporary Public Health Issue Although the United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, it is far from being the healthiest. Life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, but Americans have shorter lifespans and experience more illness than people in other high-income countries. This assignment gives you an opportunity to put together what you have learned in this course, including, but not limited to: a) public health policy, policymaking process, and law; b) public health and the legal system; c) individual and human rights in public health; and d) social justice, ethics and public health policy. Choose a contemporary public health issue (e.g., bioterrorism, gun violence, or natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires), its impact on public health, and strategies for mitigating and managing it once the issue occurs. .

1. Contemporary Public Health Issue
Although the United States is among the wealthiest
nations in the world, it is far from being the healthiest. Life
expectancy and survival rates in the United States have
improved dramatically over the past century, but
Americans have shorter lifespans and experience more
illness than people in other high-income countries. This
assignment gives you an opportunity to put together what
you have learned in this course, including, but not limited
to:
a) public health policy, policymaking process, and law;
b) public health and the legal system;
c) individual and human rights in public health; and
d) social justice, ethics and public health policy.
Choose a contemporary public health issue (e.g.,
bioterrorism, gun violence, or natural disasters like
hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires), its impact on public

2. health, and strategies for mitigating and managing it once
the issue occurs.