BECOMING INFLUENTIAL PROCESS 2022
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Running head: BECOMING INFLUENTIAL 1
Becoming Influential
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Institution
Becoming Influential
Name
Institution
BECOMING INFLUENTIAL 2
Becoming Influential
Deciding On the Message
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition which affects children and adolescents.
According to Sahoo et al. (2015), obesity in children has reached the epidemic levels as it highly
impacts both physical and psychological health of the children. I selected the issue on childhood
obesity because it’s the most common type of health issue which currently affects most children
worldwide and even in the country. Research conducted by World Health Organization (2018)
determined that in 2016, 41 million children under the age of 5 are obese and over 340 million
children and adolescents between the ages of 5-19 are obese. On the other hand, Rao, Kropac,
Do, Roberts and Jayaraman (2016) found out that almost 1 in every 7 children and adolescents in
Canada are obese. Since my nursing profession is pediatrician, I decided on this message because
it starts children on the path of health problems at a tender age. The public need to know more
about childhood obesity because in most cases, human factors like poor eating habits, lack of
physical activities are the main causes of childhood obesity. To ensure a healthy future
generation, it is important for the public to be informed so that the necessary measures may be
taken. The theme of my message is childhood obesity is preventable. This message is very
important because it will raise awareness on the essence of healthy eating habits and physical
activities. Since most people lack information, the message will ensure that it gives tips on how
to keep children from developing complications at an older age. After sharing this information, I
hope that it will help reduce stigmatization of children suffering from obesity. I also believe that
most people will take the necessary measures towards helping prevent childhood obesity.
Becoming Influential
Deciding On the Message
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition which affects children and adolescents.
According to Sahoo et al. (2015), obesity in children has reached the epidemic levels as it highly
impacts both physical and psychological health of the children. I selected the issue on childhood
obesity because it’s the most common type of health issue which currently affects most children
worldwide and even in the country. Research conducted by World Health Organization (2018)
determined that in 2016, 41 million children under the age of 5 are obese and over 340 million
children and adolescents between the ages of 5-19 are obese. On the other hand, Rao, Kropac,
Do, Roberts and Jayaraman (2016) found out that almost 1 in every 7 children and adolescents in
Canada are obese. Since my nursing profession is pediatrician, I decided on this message because
it starts children on the path of health problems at a tender age. The public need to know more
about childhood obesity because in most cases, human factors like poor eating habits, lack of
physical activities are the main causes of childhood obesity. To ensure a healthy future
generation, it is important for the public to be informed so that the necessary measures may be
taken. The theme of my message is childhood obesity is preventable. This message is very
important because it will raise awareness on the essence of healthy eating habits and physical
activities. Since most people lack information, the message will ensure that it gives tips on how
to keep children from developing complications at an older age. After sharing this information, I
hope that it will help reduce stigmatization of children suffering from obesity. I also believe that
most people will take the necessary measures towards helping prevent childhood obesity.
BECOMING INFLUENTIAL 3
Deciding On How to Share My Message
To help raise awareness that will help increase the public understanding on childhood
obesity, I will use different methods to share my message so that it can have the most influence. I
will organize an event that will require involvement from the public. In this event, the public will
learn the healthy eating habits for healthy children as well as the essence of physical activities for
children. This event will be fun and social so as to enable the public to feel free to ask any
questions they may be having. I believe that whatever the public will learn from this event will
be useful for their lives and that of their children. I will also use social media to promote the
childhood obesity educational content. When choosing an appropriate target for my message, I
will consider different factors. For instance, my target audience will be parents with children or
who are hoping to have children as well as teachers. This is because they are the people who can
monitor if the children are actively exercising or not. Since this is a public health issue of
concern, I will share through a letter to the editor in my local newspaper. I will also target health
institutions and agencies because they have deeper understanding of the impacts of childhood
obesity and can therefore educate the public on the same. Since health agencies and institutions
are working on reversing the course of childhood obesity, the message will be taken more
seriously by the public than if it comes from a non-health agency or institution. The
considerations that would influence the format, timing and follow-up of my submission are the
tools and channels used, the set goals as well as the initial feedback received from the target
audience. There are several challenges that I am likely to face when passing my message. These
include lack of enough resources, ineffective communication and lack of cooperation from the
stakeholders. However, I plan on overcoming these challenges by mobilizing for a fund drive so
as to have enough resources, identifying the medium that will be used to pass every message and
Deciding On How to Share My Message
To help raise awareness that will help increase the public understanding on childhood
obesity, I will use different methods to share my message so that it can have the most influence. I
will organize an event that will require involvement from the public. In this event, the public will
learn the healthy eating habits for healthy children as well as the essence of physical activities for
children. This event will be fun and social so as to enable the public to feel free to ask any
questions they may be having. I believe that whatever the public will learn from this event will
be useful for their lives and that of their children. I will also use social media to promote the
childhood obesity educational content. When choosing an appropriate target for my message, I
will consider different factors. For instance, my target audience will be parents with children or
who are hoping to have children as well as teachers. This is because they are the people who can
monitor if the children are actively exercising or not. Since this is a public health issue of
concern, I will share through a letter to the editor in my local newspaper. I will also target health
institutions and agencies because they have deeper understanding of the impacts of childhood
obesity and can therefore educate the public on the same. Since health agencies and institutions
are working on reversing the course of childhood obesity, the message will be taken more
seriously by the public than if it comes from a non-health agency or institution. The
considerations that would influence the format, timing and follow-up of my submission are the
tools and channels used, the set goals as well as the initial feedback received from the target
audience. There are several challenges that I am likely to face when passing my message. These
include lack of enough resources, ineffective communication and lack of cooperation from the
stakeholders. However, I plan on overcoming these challenges by mobilizing for a fund drive so
as to have enough resources, identifying the medium that will be used to pass every message and
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