How to Write a Health Report

A health report is an invaluable and comprehensive resource in the identification, analysis and evaluation of the impact of the current health challenges that are affecting the community in general. Through health reports, you will be able to assess the constantly changing dynamics of the health-care system in the locality of choice, identify the emerging trends in health, be a part of the planning and preparation of the future's health needs and give recognition to your existing resources. Health reports supply you with up-to-date health information, trustworthy data that has been gathered from key health resources as well as a wide number of socioeconomic sources connected with world-recognized health organizations, essential health data about research and direct-to-the-point analysis of compound factors that support the changes in the health field.

Things You'll Need

• Tape recorder
• Pen and paper
• Telephone or mobile phone
• Health-related books, journals and articles
• Internet

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Instructions

• 1

  Choose a health topic that you think will greatly benefit the general public. For example, a topic on the adverse effects of smoking to the fetal growth.

• 2

  Contact and interview health professionals who are specialists on this topic, such as a pulmonologist, and members of well-recognized health organizations. Ask your interviewees if they will allow you to use a tape recorder to support data gathered.

• 3

  Read health-related books, journals and articles that talk about the current status of the topic selected.

• 4

  Do online research by visiting Web sites concerned with health to have substantial support to your topic, such as the World Health Organization (www.who.int)

• 5

  Find out the current mortality and morbidity rates concerning the topic.

• 6

  Interview individuals who have had experienced or are experiencing the health concern and ask how they dealt with the problem.

• 7

  Give a brief summary about the health topic.

• 8

  Follow-up summary by giving an overview of the health professional's stand on the topic.

• 9

  Enumerate the various ways of how to effectively overcome such a problem by citing examples that are achievable.

• 10

  Acknowledge your sources following the proper format, which is usually APA. See proper formatting of resources at http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/two_authors.htm.