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Developing cross-cultural competence is paramount when leading, managing, and building partnership to leverage community and organizational strengths in the public health sector.

Conduct research about your own community or a culture of your choice that is prevalent within your community. Once you have identified your community/cultural group, use the Healthy People topic material, "2020 Topics and Objectives – Objectives A-Z," to select a goal that will be the focus of your community health intervention. After selecting a goal, review the "Objectives," "Interventions and Resources," and "National Snapshots" tabs to obtain additional information about the goal.

Example: Goal: Reduce the disease burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) and improve the quality of life for all person who have, or are at risk for, DM.

NOTE: You may not select diabetes mellitus (DM) for your project.

After the goal has been selected, conduct additional research that will help you formulate strategies for managing the goal-related health issue within the selected community/culture. In your research, address the following. You are required to cite to three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content. Share your findings with group members by creating a short PowerPoint presentation that includes speaker notes and addresses the following:

1. Summarize the community/culture that was researched.
2. Identify the heath goal that is the focus of the intervention.
3. Explain how culture and other factors impact the social organization and leadership of the community.
4. Describe three social networks or ethnic organizations that could be used to learn about the social organization of the group, and to identify and engage its leaders.
5. List three challenges that could be encountered when working in this community or culture.

You are required to cite to three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.