Question

Part 2 issues related to gangs 1. discuss two or more public health and safety issues that are caused by youth gangs and violence. 2. explain two or more protective factors you can use to achieve to become a successful adult. personal reflections 1. explain how healthy behaviors and choices can positively affect your health status and how unhealthy behaviors and choices will negatively affect your health status. 2. compare a time when one of your peers influenced healthy behavior to a time when a peer has influenced unhealthy behavior in your life.

Answer 1

1.One public health issue caused by youth gangs and violence are health care costs increase. This has a negative effect on everyone because everyone needs health care. Whether it be if they have a life-threatening disease like cancer or a common flu. Another issue is property values decrease. If it is known that there is gang violence in an area than people will be less likely to want to live there, resulting in decrease in the value of the property there. This will hurt the local economy and the people living there.