1. Which social determinants may be influencing the health behaviors observed among the Somali community in Minneapolis? Explain how and why you believe these determinants are influencing the problem. Provide evidence from the course readings or lectures to explain your answer. (~250 words)
2. Propose an intervention that could address the problem. Specify what level (individual or community) is being targeted, why you have selected that level, and how your intervention addresses the social determinant you identified in question 1. Explain the appropriateness of your level of intervention for your community and any evidence that could justify the use of this intervention. (~250 words)
3. How would you evaluate the intervention? Describe the data you would need to collect, and how you might apply the RE-AIM evaluation framework to your proposed intervention. (~250 words)
4. Draw a conceptual model that clearly demonstrates the relationship between social determinants of health, mediators/moderators, behavioral risk factors and the health outcome. Include your intervention and clearly identify the factors your chosen intervention would target.
5. Repeated national surveys during the pandemic suggest that between 15-20% of the US population continue to refuse to take a COVID-19 vaccine. To what extent does the conceptual framework that you developed for the Somali measles hesitancy apply broadly to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States? What additional determinants would you add to your conceptual framework to account for other causes of vaccine hesitancy, and why? Identify one possible intervention to address this vaccine hesitancy. (250 words)
