Share a link to a recent public health news article that highlights a topic from the list below, which is related to our course content. You can choose a topic at the global, national, state, or local level. Summarize the articleand explain why it is important to community health nursing, and why you want your peers to know about the topic.
You must include an APA formatted reference for the article posted.
Public Health In the News
- Public health programs highlighted in the news
- Screenings, free vaccine programs, health fairs, etc.
- Mental health
- Issues r/t access to care, new programs or community-based interventions
- Infectious Diseases
- Influenza, Covid-19, etc.
- Nursing News
- R/t professional organizations, lobbying efforts
- Environmental concerns
- Climate change, deforestation, etc.
- Firearms
- Access to guns, issues r/t violence, increased crime, policy
- Reproductive rights
- Abortion access, birth control, other reproductive health services
- Changes and potential future changes in healthcare policy at the federal, state or local level
- Food safety
- Food recalls, illness outbreaks at local establishments, etc.
- Emergency Preparedness
- Funding for Public Health initiatives and responses
- Opioid Crisis or other substance abuse issue