Unit VI Assignment – Community Health

This Mind Map Assignment measures your mastery of Unit V ULO 1.1 and Unit VI ULO 7.1.

This assignment requires you to review data on health inequities and health disparities and then develop a short PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation will consist of a Mind Map, accompanied by an audio narration discussing health inequities and health disparities in the United States today. Examine theories and methods for promoting health education to overcome inequities and disparities. You may utilize information from your textbook, the unit lesson, and any of the following resources to gather information for your Mind Map.

National Center for Health Statistics. (2021). Health, United States 2020-2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/index.htm

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024, May 15). Diabetes: Web and social media resources. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/communication-resources/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/factsheets.html

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (n.d.). Charts. Commission to Build a Healthier America. http://www.commissiononhealth.org/Charts.aspx

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (n.d.). Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sids

There is no standard format for a Mind Map, so you may create yours however you choose. Keep it simple and readable; you will be adding narration to explain things in further detail.

There are many free resources online such as , , and that you can use to create a mind map to illustrate your thoughts. You can also search the internet to find many free templates and examples.

Next, insert your Mind Map image into a PowerPoint presentation. Your Mind Map should be at least one slide in length, but no more than two slides in length (excluding a title slide, if used).

Finally, from the Record tab in PowerPoint, utilize the Audio function to record narration to your Mind Map slide(s). Use the narration to explain your Mind Map, as you walk your audience through your thought process. Your narration must be at least a total of 90 seconds, but no longer than 2 minutes.

The use of APA Style is not required for this assignment.