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1. Assignment: behavioral risk factors from the Healthy Population
Assignment: behavioral risk factors from the Healthy Population ON Assignment:
behavioral risk factors from the Healthy PopulationAPA FORMAT, 350-400 WORDSTo
prepare:Select one of the behavioral risk factors from the Healthy Population 2010
Objectives (listed in Table 7.1 on p. 122 of the course text) that is of interest to you.Using
the Walden Library and other credible websites, research how this risk factor is affecting
your community or state.With your selected risk factor in mind, review the information on
the Population-Based Intervention Model on pp. 132-137 in the course text, Health Care
Delivery in the United States. In particular, focus on the concept of downstream, midstream,
and upstream interventions. Consider at least one intervention that could be put into place
at each stage.By DAY 3. Post a description of the behavioral risk factor you selected and how
this factor is impacting your community or state. Using the Population-Based Intervention
Model, suggest at least one intervention that could be put into place at each stage
(downstream, midstream, and upstream) to ensure that a health prevention program
addressing the behavioral risk factor would have a greater chance at succeeding. Justify why
each intervention you identified would be effective. Assignment: behavioral risk factors
from the Healthy Population Week 5: Population Health, Part 2The whole is greater than the
sum of its parts.—AristotleThe proper implementation of policy that addresses population
health issues frequently can stimulate change in individual behaviors. Consider, for
example, cigarette smoking. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported that the
number of adults living in smoke-free homes increased from 43% in 1992 to 79% in 2007
(RWJF, 2009). During that time period, many states were adopting the Indoor Clean Air Act
and prohibiting smoking in public places. These actions may have made cigarette smoking
less socially acceptable, thus encouraging many adult smokers to quit. How can such
initiatives affect population health?Policy-driven initiatives and government-funded
programs increasingly focus on prevention to address potentially problematic behaviors at
the population level, thereby reducing costs associated with acute and chronic care. As
noted in Week 4, one of the advantages of focusing on population health versus individual
health is the ability to concentrate on specific problems that affect large groups. This week,
you will examine strategies for addressing behavioral risk factors in a particular population.
You will also consider characteristics of effective health care prevention
programs.Reference:Good Reads. (2012). Quotable quotes: Aristotle. Retrieved
fromhttp://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/20103Learning ObjectivesStudents
will:Evaluate interventions for addressing at-risk behaviors using the Population-Based

2. Intervention ModelPhoto Credit: [Plume Creative]/[DigitalVision]/Getty ImagesLearning
ResourcesNote: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to
the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.REQUIRED
READINGSKnickman, J. R., & Kovner, A. R. (Eds.). (2015). Health care delivery in the united
states (11th ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.Chapter 7, “Health and Behavior” (pp.
119–144)This chapter discusses the role of behavior on health and describes behavioral
risk factors and potential community-based interventions.Backer, E. L., Geske, J. A., McIlvain,
H. E., Dodendorf, D. M., & Minier, W. C. (2005). Improving female preventive health care
delivery through practice change: An Every Woman Matters study. Journal of the American
Board of Family Practice, 18(5), 401–408.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This
article informs the Assignment as an example of a health program that was not successful.
You will conduct additional research on this topic to determine current advocacy programs
that have been more effective.Hancock, C., & Cooper, K. (2011). A global initiative to tackle
chronic disease by changing lifestyles. Primary Health Care, 21(4), 24–26.Retrieved from
the Walden Library databases.This article details the efforts of the C3 Collaborating for
Health charity. In particular, C3 focuses on minimizing the risk factors of poor dieting,
smoking, and low physical activity.Schwartz, S. M., Ireland, C., Strecher, V., Nakao, D., Wang,
C., & Juarez, D. (2010). The economic value of a wellness and disease prevention
program. Population Health Management, 13(6), 309–317.Retrieved from the Walden
Library databases.The authors of this article detail a study that sought to determine the
economic consequences of a disease prevention program conducted by the Hawaii Medical
Service Association.Tengland, P. (2010). Health promotion and disease prevention:
Logically different conceptions? Health Care Analysis, 18(4), 323–341.Retrieved from the
Walden Library databases.This article investigates the differences and causal connections
between health promotion and disease prevention.Discussion: Addressing Behavioral Risk
Factors“It is unreasonable to expect that people will change their behavior easily when so
many forces in the social, cultural, and physical environment conspire against such
change”(Kovner and Knickman, p. 139).When seeking to lessen behavioral risk factors in
different populations, one of the greatest challenges is addressing the systemic issues
within the population that enable the risky behavior to occur in the first place. Consider the
health risks of school-age children not being immunized or drug users sharing needles. As
Dr. Beilenson discussed in the Week 4 media program, these risky behaviors led to
increases in individual and population health problems. Thus, when planning health
prevention programs, it is important to consider how to effectively address risky behaviors
at both the individual and the population level.The Discussion this week focuses on the use
of the Population-Based Intervention Model outlined in the course text Health Care Delivery
in the United States, as well as how this model can be applied to strengthen advocacy
programs. Assignment: behavioral risk factors from the Healthy Population