A philanthropic foundation needs to plan its investments  and grants. They have decided to fund projects for improving public and  population health but are only looking to support projects that will  demonstrate their goodwill and keep their name associated with topics of  general concern. Of course, they hope their grantees have newsworthy  success.

You are asked to contribute to the decision-making  process by teaching the financial and program officers about emerging  health problems that are expected to be significant within the next ten  years.

• List eight emerging public health issues. For ease of organization,  include each problem on a separate page and limit the draft to  double-spaced text.
• For each issue, provide information about the populations (size  and/or situation) that will be impacted. In your description, make sure  you do the following:
  • Explain the difference between raw data and information derived from  it, and give examples of substantive information pertinent to this list  of emerging public health issues.
  • Identify the ethnographic (sociocultural) features and the  epidemiological (disease risk) features of the population that may cause  each issue to differentially affect this population.
• For each issue, present probable consequences to the population if intervention is not enacted.
• Create a statement of hypothesized causes of each problem so that  the audience can judge the level and type of intervention the public  expects. Make sure you discuss both the following factors:
  • Ethnographic factors: Explain what individuals, people, governments,  business, or other agencies are doing that may contribute to the  problem.
  • Epidemiological factors: Explain changes in environments or agents that may be contributing to the emergence of the problem.
• Provide evidence of systemic or programmatic problems. Provide  examples of substantive information pertinent to the list of emerging  public health issues.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Assignment Componentsa  Maximum Points    Identify  8 relevant topics and provide examples of substantive information  pertinent to the list of emerging public health issues.  16

Provide information about the populations (size and/or situation) that will be impacted.

Identify the ethnographic and epidemiology features that may cause each issue to differentially affect this population.

20    For each issue present probable consequences to the population if intervention is not enacted.   8

Create a statement of hypothesized causes of each problem so that the  audience can judge the level and type of intervention the public  expects. Make sure you discuss both ethnographic and epidemiological  factors.

Explain what individual people, governments, businesses, or other  agencies are doing that may contribute to the problem. Explain changes  in environments or agents that may be contributing to the emergence of  the problem.

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