APA (edition "APA 7") Health Care and Life Sciences

Reaching your intended audience

You are a public health worker who has developed a program to address our nations number one cause of mortality (cardiovascular disease [CVD]). The program focuses on three main risk factors: nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco use. The community you are working with is low-income, low-education, multicultural, and the aforementioned risk factors are prevalent throughout.

This discussion has two parts:

-Pick one CVD risk factor and describe your first step to engage the community in your program.
-Identify and discuss at least 2 different methods to reach an intended audience. Provide examples of the method in use.