One of the overarching roles of a health educator is to promote activities, behaviors, and lifestyles that support well-being and reduce the chance of disease and injury. This may include services provided to an individual or to an entire community. One of the responsibilities of a public health professional may be to determine and/or efficiently mobilize an action plan to resolve a community health issue. In this Discussion, you are provided a community health scenario and, as a group, you will decide how to proceed to resolve the issue. In this scenario, you have been called to educate a specific population about a certain health issue. You will discuss ways to educate the population and resolve the issue by considering the questions below and applying them to the scenario that was posted by your Instructor. Scenario: You are a health educator at the local county health department. You have been asked to help a local daycare address a recent lice outbreak. Discussion questions to address: Start the Discussion by wit
h your suggestions for who your target audience is and whether there should be a secondary audience. Discuss the options in your group and come to a consensus so that you can move on to the next step. Continue the Discussion by with your suggestions about the message and how you will educate your audience(s). Discuss social media options for conveying your message. Come to a consensus on your message and tactics so that you can move on to the next step. Continue the Discussion by by recommending actions that could be taken to reduce new cases and resolve existing cases. Be sure to discuss who exactly would be taking these actions and the challenges and barriers to implementing these actions. Consider the ways that teams can work together to take action on this issue. Remember to provide resources such as research studies that support your choices. Continue this discussion until the end of the module, Click on the button below to reveal the textbox for entering your message. Then click on the button to post your message.