SPECIAL NOTE: Due to the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s current  recommendations on social distancing, this assignment will be modified. Students will not be expected to conduct an interview or visit a public health organization during the Spring 2020 session. This assignment has been modified for this course session.

Assignment 6.2 Public Health Assessment

Part 1

By now, you should have a firm grasp on why increasing diversity and cultural awareness in public health organizations is critical. You have read, watched, studied, reflected on, and written about many public health initiatives working to improve inclusion and cultural awareness in public health organizations.  Now is your opportunity to discover a public health organization that is working to increase diversity and inclusion! We are looking for those “bright spot” organizations that are intentionally working to increase cultural awareness. Research and then identify a public health organization that has implemented strategies, initiatives, or programs with the goal to increase diversity and inclusion. Access the template below and completely answer all questions/prompts. We are looking forward to hearing about the organization you selected and all they are doing in diversity and inclusion!

Part 2

We are living in an unprecedented time in our world with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 becoming a pandemic. There are many instances of how culture has impacted this crisis. Reflect upon this public health crisis and answer the following questions.
Complete the following template with three to five sentences for each question/prompt. Submit a Microsoft Word document. Carefully review the grading rubric for this assignment.