Objective
This continuing case study assignment aims to provide you with the opportunity to consider the lenses of diversity and population health through application to a case scenario.
Instructions
Revisit the Case Scenario: Ashleigh and read the updated Current Situation.
Review your lessons and reflections on diversity, population health issues, and mental health.
Consider the diversity and population health concern of poverty in Ashleigh’s case. Drawing on the course materials on diversity and population health, research, and other evidence, as well as your previous reflections, respond to the following questions in a 3–5 page essay.
How is poverty a mental health issue in Ashleigh’s case? How is poverty a mental health issue for other diverse populations?
What multiple levels of interventions to address poverty might better support Ashleigh’s mental health? What multiple levels of interventions to address poverty might better support the mental health of other diverse populations?