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Create a Public Health Office Hopkins Park welcome sign As you have learned, public health can be a dynamic force in a population if used correctly and managed appropriately. You will use the information below in your final project to create a public health office to serve the people of Pembroke Township, Illinois. You are the head of this new office and can establish your own mission, vision, and values statements. You also are in charge of creating community relationships, assessing community needs, and implementing plans that will make a difference. You will be given a total budget. However, you are responsible for gathering information on the community, learning what health entities currently exist, and identifying the key stakeholders in the community. Your population is in Central Illinois and within a township called Pembroke. Your new public health office will be in its largest village, Hopkins Park. To start your research, use the following resources to obtain some of the needed information on your new population: Pembroke Township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) Detailed Profile Links to an external site. and Hopkins Park, Illinois Links to an external site. . Recall that the PowerPoint used in Week 5’s discussion has an informative breakdown of public health system duties, specifically slides 49-51. Areas of note:  Hopkins Park does not have a zip code, so it does not qualify for most federal grants or funds. You can refer to the article The Socio-E1conomic Benefits of the ZIP Code Links to an external site. .  Pembroke Township does have a zip code. However, much of that funding has been allocated to unincorporated villages tied to the township. You may be able to use this information to your office’s advantage.  Crime and drug use statistics stopped being collected and/or reported in 2003 for Pembroke Township. You will have to estimate these rates from the final years of

collection, current county data, and the current size of the township population. If this is a difficulty, you will certainly want to address it in your office.  There are no hospitals or clinics currently in Pembroke Township. The nearest hospital to Hopkins Park is 14 miles away in the town of Kankakee, Illinois.  There are no food vendors (grocery stores, farmers markets, etc.) within Hopkins Park. The only source of packaged food within 5 miles is a CITGO gas station just outside of town. This gas station frequently closes, changes management, and does not stock fresh foods or produce. The closest full market is Berkot’s Super Foods which is 11 miles away in Aroma Park.  Many homes in Hopkins Park do not have running water or natural gas heating. Water is often drawn up from privately dug wells, and heat is provided from burning wood and other materials. However, investments in this community are coming, specifically in terms of natural gas.  You can refer to New Hope for One of America’s Poorest Communities Links to an external site. , which details new investments in natural gas.  Pembroke Township and Hopkins Park have been featured in several exposes and documentaries for being one of the poorest communities in the United States. The most famous of the documentaries is a visit from media notable Oprah Winfrey. You can find many other videos on Pembroke and Hopkins Park on YouTube, and you can refer to Oprah’s article . Create A Public Health Office Introduction The Pembroke Township is one of the poorest areas in Illinois and the country for that matter. As a public health issue, the township has been largely ignored and the hardships of the community were finally brought to light by several exposes and documentaries which showed an extreme level of poverty on the community level. The township was founded as a black farming community but it is too small to even have a zip code. As a matter of public health, no real statistics exist, data on crime and drug use stopped being collected after 2003. As if problems were not bad enough, there is no clinic or hospital in Pembroke, residents must travel 14 miles to Kankakee, Illinois. Grocery stores do not exist in Pembroke, and the only source of packed food is a gas station outside of town. The closest grocery store is 11 miles away in Aroma Park. To see the living conditions in this county would beg the question, are we still in the United States (U.S.)? Most homes in the community do not have running water, they use water from privately dug wells. Heating homes is another issue, only a small handful of homes have access to natural gas. Most homes are heated by burning wood. As the leader of the new public health office in the economically disadvantaged Pembroke Township, I will have several challenges. First, with a limited salary of only $400,000, I will have to cover my salary, hire staff, conduct a needs assessment for the community, and coordinate with the town supervisors and trustees. I will also have the expense of getting certified by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and hiring health professionals (a nutritionist, health and wellness workers, and health education specialists) needed to help improve the quality of life in Pembroke Township.

 Vision: To be recognized as a positive change in public health for Pembroke Township and Hopkins Park. In your paper,  Create the mission  value statements for your new office and employees o Explain the relationships you need to establish between your office and the existing state public health agencies. o Explain the relationship and assistance you will provide to local health care providers. o Explain the public safety programs you will create. o Determine the human service and charity organizations you will create or engage. o Determine the education and youth development organizations you will create or engage. o Determine the recreation and arts-related organizations you will create or engage. o Determine the economic and philanthropic organizations you will create or engage. o Determine the environmental agencies and organizations you will create or engage.  Hypothesize the factors that will determine how you allocate your budget. Use a table to do this.  Estimate the most significant challenges in setting up and running an office for this population.  You may use these bullet points as section headings to help you stay organized.  must be at least ten double-spaced pages in length  must utilize academic voice.  must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.  must use at least ten scholarly or credible sources, six of which must be scholarly or governmental sources, such as Advanced Internet Search Techniques Links to an external site. and What is CRAPPO? Links to an external site. References

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