Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review these resources:

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What is Public Health? Episode 1 of “That’s Public Health”
 video

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Intro to Epidemiology: Crash Course Public Health #6
 video

Select a public health figure

Select one of the public health figures listed below for your presentation (E.B. DuBois)

· 10 Slides

· 100-word speaker notes per slide

· APA Style

· Four Credible Sources

· Introduction paragraph but end with a clear Thesis Statement

· Conclusion Paragraph

Organize your presentation

Use the following outline to organize your presentation. As you create the content, it is expected that you will formulate a well-thought out analysis for each segment with logical transitions as you would a professional presentation. Research and critical thinking are large components of this project. You will curate resources to support your statements using proper APA Style

· Describe your selected individual’s background and experience.

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Tip: Research the individual’s background. This can include resume elements such as birthdate, location, education, and brief statement of their contribution to public health.

· Reminder: Biographical information is easily plagiarized. Please do not copy from your biographical websites. Paraphrase or quote and cite everything according to APA guidelines.

· Analyze the climate of the time period in terms of the political, socioeconomic, environmental, and technological contexts in which this individual worked.

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Tip: Research the barriers and issues of the time. Think about whether this person was up against resistance or if the work this person did was welcomed.

· Examine this individual’s personal beliefs that prompted his or her work.

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Tip: You are basically addressing the question: “Why did this person get involved with the issue at the time?”

· Identify adversities associated with this individual’s community and/or public health impacts and examine how the individual overcame and/or confronted these adversities to succeed in his or her task.

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Tip: Think about how this person overcame the barriers and issues. Questions to consider: What did the person specifically do? Did they have any allies? How did their actions succeed or fail?

· Describe the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health.

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Tip: Think about the contribution’s importance to the community or public health at the time. Think about this question: What occurred as a result of this person’s action?

· Explain what the individual’s contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time.

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Tip: Think about this question: What was the purpose for the community or nation?

· Explain why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history.

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Tip: Think about this question: What made this important for the country?

The following specific databases will help with this assignment.

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Ebook Central: The library’s largest e-book database. Ebooks have academic information that helps provide biographical and background information. This includes background information on the people listed and the health topics and time periods.

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EBSCOhost and ProQuest: These are two of the library’s largest databases that will be useful resources after conducting initial background research.

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JSTOR: This is an archival database with scholarly articles. The articles will not be very recent; some may range from quite old to just a few years old. This database will be helpful when analyzing the historical and social perspectives of each topic.