Using the public health issue that was selected for Week 1 (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE), describe how the issue is currently addressed by public health services and by medical practice services to include any collaborations that may exist. Using a general outline, develop a plan for how the issue could be addressed more effectively. Explain how the components of your plan that are different from current interventions would produce more effective outcomes.

Note: The focus of this assignment as it relates to your selected public health issue should be prevention and treatment.
Provide a 3 to 5-page Microsoft Word document that includes the following:

• Discuss current interventions by public health and medical care professionals for the health issue that you have selected.
• Develop a general plan for how the health concern could be addressed more effectively using public health and medical care organizations.
• Explain why the changes that you are proposing would be beneficial to the population and to the organization providing healthcare services, thereby improving health outcomes.

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Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior used by people in the same family to maintain power and control others. The abuse can either be physical, emotional, sexually, or psychological that influence the other party, and the abuse can happen to anyone of any age, race, religion, or gender. However, the abuse affects people of all socioeconomic classes and education levels (Boserup, McKenney, & Elkbuli, 2020). The abuse leads to hospitalization due to physical and emotional trauma. The public health and health care practitioners have the opportunity to provide support to the abused partners

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