Assuming the role of a public health professional, you will prepare a presentation targeted toward a local school board or a county governing board. You will choose from a list of issues provided and make a programmatic recommendation, a policy recommendation, and a social media campaign/strategy recommendation. Consider the various perspectives of board members who lean towards a faith direction, while others possess a secular perspective. Also, take into consideration the strength of personal opinions on the issue. In making a public health recommendation related to a controversial topic, you will be required to:

• Address a sexuality/gender-related issue (from the list provided) in public health in a presentation that systematically analyzes how the determinants of health and disease-related to gender, gender identity, and sexuality.
• Demonstrate the ability to access and use data to estimate the burden and patterns of disease and solve public health problems related to sex, sexuality, and gender.
• Make programmatic and policy recommendations that reflect ethical frameworks and respect for the values and rights of diverse communities and cultures.

Instructions Part 1

• Outline and rationalize your selection of a sexuality-or gender-related issue from the following list:

• Sexuality or Gender-Related Issues

• Issues to present to school or county government (select one): Safer sex in the inner city; preventing intimate partner violence; sex education in schools; condoms and safe sex supplies in school vending machines; gender violence; pornography on personal communication devices and shared with others; health of LGBT Populations; bullying of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender students; Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender access to healthcare and public health services; reproductive health care in teenage parents; AIDS epidemic in urban communities; discrimination against/ stigmatization of sexually nonconforming individuals; unintended pregnancies; access to family planning services such as Planned Parenthood; faith-based approaches to LBGT community health.
• Research the issue in order to summarize information, including background.
• Identify a state or local level policy related to the issue that you are interested in addressing.
• Identify evidence-based intervention(s)/program(s) related to the issue that you are interested in addressing.
• Evaluate how gender and sexuality inequalities are related to health care services around your chosen issue.
• To whom will you present and what position will you take?

Requirements

• Citation Requirements
• Word Count: Minimum 450
• APA Formatting
• Plagiarism Submission