Describe a behavioral risk factor, Smoking and how does smoking is impacting your community or state. Using the Population-Based Intervention Model, suggest at least one intervention that could be put into place at each stage (downstream, midstream, and upstream) to ensure that a health prevention program addressing the behavioral risk factor would have a greater chance at succeeding. Justify why each intervention you identified would be effective.

Guide: Addressing Behavioral Risk Factors

Think and state – How a Behavioral Risk Factor is Impacting my Community or State

Population – Based Intervention Model – Justification of One Intervention in Each Phase to Optimize Chance at Succeeding

    Downstream

    Midstream

    Upstream

Support your information with references. (at least 3 references)