Discussion of Interventions: Workplace and Sexual Health Strategies

This assignment presents a discussion of two public health interventions. The first intervention focuses on increasing physical activity in federal workplaces to reduce the risks associated with prolonged sitting and promote better health outcomes. The second intervention addresses sexual health, advocating for sex education and safe practices to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. The assignment highlights the importance of stakeholder engagement and behavioral change in achieving the desired health outcomes, emphasizing the need for comprehensive strategies to improve public health. Both interventions aim to improve health outcomes through targeted strategies and education.

Running head: DISCUSSION OF INTERVENTION 1
Discussion of Intervention
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation

DISCUSSION OF INTERVENTION 2
Caitlin Freeman
The intervention, which seeks to create a program aimed at increasing physical
activity at federal worksites, to show and reap the benefits of increased physical activity.
Physical inactivity is a hazard aspect for multiple chronic health conditions, while increased
activity will improve the workspace mood and productivity. You note that the Physical
Activity guide recommendation of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity is not enough
to supplement the long sitting time, and still puts employees at risk of chronic diseases
(Bonow, Mann, Zipes, & Libby, 2011, p. 27).
The intervention's stakeholders' inclusion of all positions at the workspace through a
buy-in will lead to a favorable outcome which can be demonstrated through deliverables such
as increased employee retention, reduction of sick leaves taken or amplified productivity. The
creation of movement-friendly workspaces will hence increase health benefits including
reduced risk of cancer, cardiovascular ailments and improved quality of sleep.
Hailey Vinson
The intervention regarding sexual health through the promotion of discussions and
promotion of sex education among the young population in Birmingham is crucial in the
elimination of diseases transmitted through sex as well as reducing the spread of other
diseases such as HIV. Rather than championing abstinence, it is soberer to tackle the real
situation through education of sexual consequences (Aral, Fenton, & Lipshutz, 2012, p. 45).
People must be more aware of sex and functions of their bodies.
The stakeholders are community-based and aim at tackling unprotected sex as a bad
behaviour in-need of change. Changing the behaviour and increasing the knowledge in the
target population will lead to a change in sexual practices hence minimizing the spread of

DISCUSSION OF INTERVENTION 3
sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and new cases of HIV, among young
adults.

DISCUSSION OF INTERVENTION 4
References
Aral, S. O., Fenton, K. A., & Lipshutz, J. A. (2012). The New Public Health and STD/HIV
Prevention: Personal, Public and Health Systems Approaches. Berlin, Germany:
Springer Science & Business Media.
Bonow, R. O., Mann, D. L., Zipes, D. P., & Libby, P. (2011). Braunwald's Heart Disease E-
Book: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Health
Sciences.