Question

Choose a health issue prevalent in your community. Research national, state, and local government health agency websites for information on your chosen health issue. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper of your findings. Your paper should: Analyze the structure and function of public health at national, state, and local levels. In your analysis, include: What type of structure you see between levels of government What functions you see at each level of government How the levels of government work together?

Answer 1

If you choose Type II Diabetes, here would be a good outline and some references.

Outline:

I - Introduction

What is type II diabetes?

Why is it a problem in our community?

What are some of the micro, mezzo, and macro level issues associated with type II diabetes.

II - National level responses to type II diabetes

CDC response

NIDDK programs

"Choose my plate"

III - State responses

Outline one or two from your state

talk about how these relate to national programs

Discuss if they are helpful and successful or not

IV - Local and community based programs

Profile two local programs such as a hospital public education program and/or efforts to improve access to fresh fruits and vegetables in an area that's a food desert.

V - Evaluate how these three types of responses have worked together to reduce type II diabetes

Give suggestions for changes that can be made.

References:

American Diabetes Association. (2021). 3. Prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes: standards of medical care in diabetes—2021. Diabetes Care, 44(Supplement 1), S34-S39.

Ely, E. K., Gruss, S. M., Luman, E. T., Gregg, E. W., Ali, M. K., Nhim, K., ... & Albright, A. L. (2017). A national effort to prevent type 2 diabetes: participant-level evaluation of CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes care, 40(10), 1331-1341.

Gruss, S. M., Nhim, K., Gregg, E., Bell, M., Luman, E., & Albright, A. (2019). Public health approaches to type 2 diabetes prevention: the US National Diabetes Prevention Program and beyond. Current diabetes reports, 19(9), 1-11.

Nianogo, R. A., & Arah, O. A. (2018). Impact of public health interventions on obesity and type 2 diabetes prevention: a simulation study. American journal of preventive medicine, 55(6), 795-802.

Satterfield, D. W., Volansky, M., Caspersen, C. J., Engelgau, M. M., Bowman, B. A., Gregg, E. W., ... & Vinicor, F. (2003). Community-based lifestyle interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care, 26(9), 2643-2652.

Stotz, S., Charron-Prochownik, D., Terry, M. A., Gonzales, K., Moore, K., & Stopping GDM Study Group. (2019). Reducing risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) through a preconception counseling program for American Indian/Alaska Native girls: perceptions from women with type 2 diabetes or a history of GDM. The Diabetes Educator, 45(2), 137-145.