Write a paper identifying a mental health or public health problem in your local community is a first step toward developing a prevention plan to bring about local social change.

Often, public health and mental health problems in local communities are representative of broader national or even international health concerns. Identifying a mental health or public health problem in your local community is a first step toward developing a prevention plan to bring about local social change. With this in mind, you should identify and focus on one problem in your community that can be addressed with prevention. You will progress through this course developing a prevention plan for that specific identified problem in your community, examining the consequences and scope of this problem.