Senior Project Advisor

Liz Mogford

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Keywords

Public health, COVID-19, racial equity, youth mental health, housing, economic security

Abstract

This capstone project is in collaboration with Dr. Liz Mogford’s sociology capstone project titled Population Health Advocacy. The class was invited by the Whatcom County Health Department to conduct research on city and county Community Health Improvement priorities. These priorities include racial equity, youth mental health, housing and economic security. As part of a research team, we conducted interviews with 30 participants who were identified for their expertise in these priority areas. Our class was split into priority subgroups to conduct interviews and then, as an entire class, we analyzed our interviews to find commonalities across the three priorities. Our goal was to find the social determinants of health that could inform upstream solutions to the observed problems. After the analyzes by the priority subgroups were complete, I complied the analyzes and finalized the paper. The result is a document that helps inform programs, practices, and policy that were presented to the Health Department, the Board of Health, and the Public Health Advisory Board.

Department

Sociology

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Public health--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--Information services; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Social aspects--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Social stratification--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Race relations; Social justice--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Youth--Mental health services--Washington (State)--Whatcom County

Geographic Coverage

Whatcom County (Wash.)

Genre/Form

essays

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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