Assignment task:
For this ALA: Where Health and Wellness Begins
Please answer all parts of the following questions using information gained in required readings, class materials, and outside research. Please check the grading rubric for specific requirements.
It is important in all work to show the connections between class readings and videos and how they relate to Active Learning Assignment (ALA) questions and class discussions.
Please Read: While I ask you to be honest in your discussions and replies, you are not required to divulge personal information or stories. Your examples can be from other classes, books, magazines, visual media, or observations.
For this ALA please begin by watching: Social Determinants of Health, Food Deserts, Personal Experiences | Lugina Guazhco
Please answer the following questions:
1. Was there one point or statement from the TEDtalk you found most interesting, informative, or wanted to know more about?
2. Where do we learn about health and wellness? How can we educate ourselves and others about achieving the best quality of care for ourselves?
3. How might having a solid support system (family, friends, community) impact an individual's health and well-being?
4. How do factors like socioeconomic status, race, gender, education, and geography influence one's ability to receive quality healthcare?
5. Please provide a link (or information) about where people in your community (or one where you plan on living) can access affordable healthcare if they do not have insurance. What does this organization do?
6. Please provide a link (or information) about where people in your community (or one where you plan on living) can access healthy and affordable food if they need assistance. What does this organization do?
7. Why is it difficult to change the focus from the treatment of illness to the prevention of illness?
8. Quality health care can be a matter of life or death. Should all Americans have equal access to it? If yes, why don't they? If not, why shouldn't they?
9. Final thoughts or anything else you would like to add?