Question Description
I’m working on a Health & Medical question and need guidance to help me study.
I need you to evaluate your own community (Denver, Colorado) in terms of integrated approaches to public health. Select a focus on disease prevention and control, air, water, or food.
- What community-based strategies do you see in place to protect health?
- What health services, local organizations, or national organizations exist to support wellness in your area of focus?
- Do pollution or contamination in your area impact the focus you selected?
- What does your community need to do to improve public health in the area you selected for this discussion?
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Running Head: PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES IN DENVER, COLORADO
Public Health Approaches in Denver, Colorado
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PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES IN DENVER, COLORADO
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Public Health Approaches in Denver, Colorado
A public health approach is a strategy that identifies a health problem, measures it to
determine risk factors, and facilitates coming up with prevention measures. According to
Aliabadi et al. (2016), the strategy also forms the basis of implementing other effective measures
on a large scale to evaluate the impact in dealing with the health problem. In Denver, Colorado
public health approaches assist the public health professionals in dealing with various airborne
diseases (Aliabadi et al., 2016). The public health approach is used by Denver’s public health
professionals in dealing with enterovirus. There are communit...