Following up on your reflection on interests and goals for DQ 1, think about the immediate and long-term public health issues and concerns related to your interests and goals. Choose a public health topic. Public health issues or topics can be creative. Take into consideration social values, cultural factors, community impact, need, context, and implications. Create a table comparing your topic choice with each of the four capstone options. Discuss why you are choosing your topic and provide supporting details to explain how your capstone option addresses the topic.

A Capstone Guide is provided for each of the four options, providing instructions and criteria for completing the capstone project for that option, schedule for submission of project deliverables, and rubrics for grading each of the project deliverables. Be sure to review all of the Capstone Guides prior to deciding which one to employ for your capstone project to ensure the project option selected best suits the health issue and your professional interests and goals: