CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

Contemporary Public Health Issue

Although the United States is among the wealthiest

nations in the world, it is far from being the healthiest. Life

expectancy and survival rates in the United States have

improved dramatically over the past century, but

Americans have shorter lifespans and experience more

illness than people in other high-income countries. This

assignment gives you an opportunity to put together what

you have learned in this course, including, but not limited

to:

a) public health policy, policymaking process, and law;

b) public health and the legal system;

c) individual and human rights in public health; and

d) social justice, ethics and public health policy.

Choose a contemporary public health issue (e.g.,

bioterrorism, gun violence, or natural disasters like

hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires), its impact on public

health, and strategies for mitigating and managing it once

the issue occurs.