Assess the health, health care, and preparedness needs of a population in order to identify sub-populations, families, and individuals who would benefit from health promotion
Topic: nursing
My case study will be obesity in NYC population.
o Assessment – Complete your assessment and include the following points about your assessment in your
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o Assess the health, health care, and preparedness needs of a population in order to identify sub-populations, families, and individuals who would benefit from health promotion or who are at risk of illness, injury, disability, or premature death.
o Describe sociopolitical, economic, and ethnic characteristics affecting the health of the community.
o Describe the nature of values and value systems in the community, and their influence on community health nursing.
o Describe the effects of hazards in the community on people’s health.
o Assess the educational level of your target audience. Briefly describe how you assessed the educational level in your paper.
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o Diagnose – Complete your diagnosis and include the following points about your diagnosis in your paper
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o Develop a community health nursing diagnosis based upon epidemiologic data.
o From your assessment, choose one global health problem that exists in your local community.
Web side to use:
o The Community Guide: www.thecommunityguide.org
o The Nursing Center: http://www.nursingcenter.com/
o www.cdc.gov/widgets
o www.healthypeople.gov
o www.who.org
o www.ahrq.gov
