Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to provide an understanding of health inequalities and how public health policy and evidence-based practices advance and address these inequalities to create equality to the population-at-large.

Course Objectives
CO 5: Identify the roles of law and government public health agencies in promoting and protecting the health of the public.
CO 6: Practice planning, implementing, and evaluating public health interventions.
CO 7: Identify roles in emergency and disaster preparedness and response activities.
Foundational Competencies
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following foundational competencies:

FC 6: Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health.
FC 10: Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities.
Due Date
Submit your completed application by Sunday, 11:59 pm (MT), end of Week 7 as directed.
Describe a significant aspect of health inequality (e.g., children of different races having different school outcomes; health outcomes of lower socioeconomic individuals; homeless and the linkage of mental illness).
Describe how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.
Policy and Evidence to Address Inequality:

Describe a public health policy that has been implemented to address the health inequity.
Describe the level of policy implementation (e.g., local, state, or national) and describe the challenges of achieving health equity at the organizational, community and societal levels.
Describe how evidence-based practice or implementation of new public health program has been used to advance awareness and address the health inequality and improve the health of the population-at-large.
Summary:

Provide a brief summation of your thoughts related to health inequalities and how public health policy and evidence-based practices advance and address these inequalities to create equality to the population-at-large.
Post questions to the Q & A Forum should you need additional support for this assignment.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeHealth Inequalities
Describes a significant aspect of health inequality – e.g., children of different races having different school outcomes; health outcomes of lower socioeconomic individuals; homeless and the linkage of mental illness. Describes how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.

Describes a significant aspect of health inequality. Describes how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.

Basic description of a significant aspect of health inequality. Basic description of how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.

Minimal description of a significant aspect of health inequality. Minimal description of how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.

No description of a significant aspect of health inequality. No description of how this health inequality contributes to the health of the population-at-large.

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePolicy & Evidence to Address Inequalities
Describes a public health policy that has been implemented to address the health inequity. Describes the level of policy implementation (e.g., local, state, or national) and describe the challenges of achieving health equity at the organizational, community and societal levels. Describes how an evidence-based practice or implementation of a new public health program has been used to advance awareness and address the health inequality and improve the health of the population-at-large.

Describes a public health policy that has been implemented to address the health inequity. Describes the level of policy implementation (e.g., local, state, or national) and the challenges of achieving health equity at the organizational, community and societal levels. Describes how evidence-based practice or implementation of new public health program has been used to advance awareness and address the health inequality and improve the health of the population-at-large.

Basic description of a public health policy that has been implemented to address the health inequity. Basic description of the level of policy implementation (e.g., local, state, or national) and the challenges of achieving health equity at the organizational, community and societal levels. Basic description of how evidence-based practice or implementation of new public health program has been used to advance awareness and address the health inequality and improve the health of the population-at-large.
40.0 pts
Partially Meets Criteria
Minimal description of a public health policy that has been implemented to address the health inequity. Minimal description of policy implementation (e.g., local, state, or national) and the challenges of achieving health equity at the organizational, community and societal levels. Minimal description of how evidence-based practice or implementation of new public health program has been used to advance awareness and address the health inequality and improve the health of the population-at-large.