The document asks the reader to identify a significant health issue in their community or state, compare it to national priorities in Healthy People 2020, and explain what efforts would be needed to address the issue, including what role the reader themselves could take as a public health practitioner. It provides links to two databases on national health rankings to help the reader research local community health needs. The reader is asked to discuss a health issue in their area, how it aligns with national goals, and what types of leadership, financing, or organizational efforts may be required to fully address the issue and what role they could take.

1. Any help is appreciated.
Take a moment to review your own communities health needs
through a purview of current events, your own setting by
informally interviewing public health professionals, or
reviewing national databases like the ones listed below:
America’s Health Rankings
. (2015). Retrieved from
http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
The Commonwealth Fund. (2015).
Overall Ranking, 2014
. Retrieved from
http://datacenter.commonwealthfund.org/#ind=1/sc=1
For this discussion, you are asked to do the following:
Describe a significanat health issue in your community or state
(FL).
Compare its significance to the national priorities of Healthy
People 2020 goals (is it a national priority or just one found in
your state/community).
Explain what type of effort it will take to fully address it
(leadership skills, financing, organizational buy-in,
stakeholders, perceptions, barriers)
Evaluate the efforts YOU can take to address this issue. (As a
public health practitioner, what is YOUR role such as: Will you
develop, lead or be part of a public health program to address
the issue? Will you work on financing, organizational buy-in,
stakeholders…what are you going to do to address this
concern?)