You are a community health educator and you have been tasked with developing a presentation to be given in a setting to educate an audience on one specific kind of diabetes.
Identify your audience. Examples include the following:
- Senior center
- Middle school
- A Workplace
Create a 350- to 700-word resource as a way to share this information. Examples include the following:
- A social media page
- An information pamphlet
- A presentation
Consider the best method so it is crafted in an appropriate and understandable way for your identified audience.
Choose from the two following options, which kind of diabetes you'll be reporting on:
Option A: Type I
- How society views diabetes (what society thinks it is versus what it actually is, common beliefs and practices)
- Signs and symptoms
Assignment: Journal Entry: From Margin to Center
It can be uncomfortable to realize that you have come either from a place of oppression or privilege. Individuals seldom use these terms to describe themselves or others. However, oppression and privilege impact every aspect of people's lives. As you consider your own place in society, consider your emotional attachment to where you see yourself within these social constructs. Consider the assumptions made about you based on how you look, the clothes you wear, or the car you drive. Consider how the social construction of gender and race can impact your work as a social worker.
Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 4-page journal entry in which you analyze your reactions to the social construction of power, racial, and gender characteristics. Explain how race and gender interact with privilege and oppression. Identify and analyze which characteristics of oppressed or privileged individuals with which you identify.
Note: I am a white woman married to a
