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

Significant Contributions to Public Health Final Assignment Part

[WLOs: 3] [CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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

· Chapter 6 and Appendix II: Historical Figures in the textbook

· Intro to Epidemiology Study Types (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video

· Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website

· World Health Organization (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website

Go to Week 5 and read the Significant Contributions to Public Health Final Assignment Part 2 details. Review the grading rubric in Week 3 and Week 5 to understand the full grading criteria. Because of the size of this project, you will be doing the first part of the Final Assignment this week, and then integrating your work and instructor’s feedback with the Final Assignment in Week 5.

For this assignment, you will be researching a historical figure in the public health world, their contribution to public health, and how their work helped shape the public health system that serves the community. Furthermore, you will be analyzing how their contribution from the past continues to contribute to today’s public health system, and how it might guide future work within the industry. You have the option of writing a paper or putting together a presentation.