1 Unit 5 Assignment: Local, National, and Global Public Health Approaches Unit Outcomes addressed in this Assignment: • Design strategies for continuous quality improvement in public health. • Identify strategies for promoting health equity. Course Outcomes assessed in this Assignment: PU500-4: Describe how public health practice addresses health concerns locally, nationally, and globally. Introduction: This Assignment builds upon your work started in the Unit 3 Looking Ahead. In the Unit 5 Assignment, you will: ● Describe how public health practice addresses health concerns locally, nationally, and globally. ● Leverage policies and laws to address public health issues. ● Apply the strategic planning process to resolve a health problem. To reach these learning goals, this Assignment guides you through the completion of two critical parts of this project: ● Part 1 - SWOT Analysis ● Part 2 - Evaluation of strategic planning process and related policies/laws You will finalize both sections of your Unit 5 Assignment and submit as one document to the Dropbox for grading. 2 Instructions: Part 1 - SWOT Analysis: Using the table below, you will apply strategic planning techniques to evaluate selected local, national, and global health issues. You identified these issues in the Unit 3 Looking Ahead. You will expand your analysis of the policies and laws by conducting a SWOT analysis. ● First column: Please use the “Level & Issue” column to note a brief overview of the issue at the particular level. ● Second column: This column does not need editing, as it organizes the rest of the chart by SWOT element. ● Third column: You should list at least three items per SWOT component for each level--one sentence per item will suffice. ● Fourth column: You will integrate the Unit 3 Looking Ahead coursework into this column. ● Fifth column: Notate your sources in this column. Level & Issue SWOT SWOT Components Related Health Policy/Law Citation(s) Local Level: [Insert 1- 2 sentence summary of health issue here] Strengths ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Weaknesses ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Opportunities ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 3 Threats ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 National Level: [Insert 1-2 sentence summary of health issue here] Strengths ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Weaknesses ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Opportunities ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Threats ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Global Level: [Insert 1- 2 sentence summary of health issue here] Strengths ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Weaknesses ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Opportunities ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 Threats ● Item 1 ● Item 2 ● Item 3 4 Part 2 - Strategic Planning: You will gather your notes for each SWOT analysis and present a “Discussion” section in which you describe how public health practi ...