For this assignment, you will visit the CDC Fact of the Week Archives (Links to an external site.) and choose a fact that interests you from any year. Once you've reviewed the materials, create a literature review of the fact you researched and discuss the health communication approaches you would take as a health educator to get the information to the target population. Your paper should follow this outline:
You will include the primary NCHEC Area of Responsibility and Competency you are addressing in this assignment as a title on the first page of your document.
Introduction to the fact and the health issues associated with it and discuss the at-risk population (2- 3 paragraphs)
Discuss the communication message platform best suited for the target population (radio, print, social media, etc.), the importance of the timing of the message (emergency preparedness), and where this message should be accessible (when it should be delivered on the radio, where the printed messages should be placed, which social media account, etc.) (2- 3 paragraphs)
Conclude with your role as a health educator, the role of the community, and the importance of this information as it relates to health communication effectiveness (2- paragraphs)
Assignment papers should be 2- 3 pages in length, double-spaced, in APA 7th edition, and include a reference page. Title pages and abstracts are not required.