Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Explore HealthyPeople.gov to familiarize yourself with an initiative aimed at promoting health through attaining four overarching goals.
Which of the leading health indicator topic(s) is/are most important for your community or practice setting? Why?
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
In this week’s library readings, Keepnews (2013) states “the challenges facing the U.S. health care system— expanding access, reducing costs, ensuring quality, and transforming how care is delivered—affect everyone, regardless of political affiliation. Everyone—including every nurse, and certainly every nurse preparing for an advanced role— needs to understand the issues surrounding health reform” (p. 183).
What role do politics play in key issues like expanding access, reducing costs, and improving quality in your organization, community, or practice setting? Cite specific examples from practice or literature.
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Week 3 Discussion
Epidemiology
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 175 words:
As digital epidemiology becomes more prevalent, what are some of the ethical considerations of using big data in public health surveillance?
OR
Imagine that during a community health assessment, you discover 30% of the population is overweight (including children). Discuss interventions to reduce this prevalence rate.
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Week 4 Discussion
CD Control/Healthy People 2020
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Healthy People strives to improve the health of all U.S. residents by providing 10-year national goals and objectives.
Review the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators and objectives.
Identify the leading health indicators and objectives related to infectious diseases.
Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Contact your local health department (or review their website) and learn more about their role in relation to communicable diseases. Answer the following:
What is the role of the public health nurse within your community in relation to communicable disease control?
OR
Which Healthy People 2020 objectives related to infectious diseases are most important to you and your community? Why?
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Week 5 Discussion
WHO Local Impact
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Explore the World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory data.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How does the work of the World Health Organization impact local communities in the United States?
How could it impact your local community?
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Week 1 Assignment
Community/Public Health
This assignment is designed to ensure you understand the basics of public and community health. It is important to understand how closely related public and community health are.
In your assignment:
Define public/community health nursing.
Define primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention.
Give examples of each level of prevention.
Describe the nurse’s roles and responsibilities in community and public health nursing.
Explain current issues specifically faced by community and public health nurses.
Format your assignment as one of the following:
18- to 20-slide presentation
3- to 4-minute podcast
875-word paper
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Week 2 Assignment
Funding Proposals
Using the health care law or policy you researched for this week’s learning activity, create a proposal or presentation for continued funding of a related program.
Create two separate proposals, one that addresses liberal viewpoints and one that addresses conservative viewpoints.
Convince each group that continued funding is essential to the wellbeing of its recipients.
Address the following in each proposal:
The party platform principles
How the program advances the party agenda
Program data related to target population outcomes
Format your proposals as one of the following:
18- to 20-slide presentation
3- to 4-minute podcast
15- to 20-minute oral presentation
875-word paper
Another format approved by your instructor
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Week 3 Assignment
Public Health Program Planning
Assignment Content
Review the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators.
Select one leading health indicator and research a state-level health prevention program aimed at achieving it.
Locate your state’s vital statistics and/or census data to compare the outcomes of the selected leading health indicator.
Evaluate the state-level program’s effectiveness in meeting the Healthy People 2020 goals based on your statistical and census data findings.
Determine if there is evidence in your community of alignment to the Healthy People 2020 goals through local programs and funding.
Explain the evidence by providing links, a description, and summary of the program(s).
Format your assignment as one of the following:
18- to 20-slide presentation
3- to 4-minute podcast
15- to 20-minute oral presentation
875-word paper
Legal-sized infographic
Another format approved by your instructor
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Week 4 Assignment
Infectious Disease Trends
Assignment Content
Understanding diseases present within the community allows public health nurses to prioritize health promotion and disease prevention strategies.
Analyze infectious diseases by:
Defining epidemiology, outbreak, incidence, and prevalence
Evaluating the role of nursing within epidemiology
Evaluating current infectious diseases locally, statewide, and nationally
Associating three of the most current infectious diseases with Healthy People 2020 objectives
Analyzing evidence-based practices aimed at reducing infectious diseases
Format your assignment as one of the following:
18- to 20-slide presentation
3- to 4-minute podcast
15- to 20-minute oral presentation
700- to 1,050-word paper
Another format approved by your instructor
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Week 5 Assignment
Global Threats
Assignment Content
Imagine you are a nurse working with Doctors Without Borders to address an emerging global health issue in a specific region of the world. You are preparing to travel to the region to improve an issue or illness.
Create a 7- to 10-slide presentation, with detailed speaker notes, analyzing emerging global health issues related to the country or region of world of your choice. In your presentation:
Analyze the cause of the issue or illness. Consider:
Individual issues (e.g., personal cleanliness )
Community (e.g., resources, demographics)
Family roles and structures (e.g., single-family households)
Culture (e.g., values, beliefs)
Environmental issues (e.g., access to technology and health care, geographic concerns)
Examine the factors that continue to exacerbate the issue or illness. Consider:
Individual
Community
Culture
Environmental
Create an action plan to improve the issue or illness. Consider:
Education
Communication
Relief workers
Technology
Cite at least five peer-reviewed references in your presentation, and include a separate APA-formatted reference page.