Homework: Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan
As you prepare to complete this homework, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your homework.
Recall an experience you have had working with a population, or as part of a community health improvement initiative, or a time in your care setting that you observed this type of work within your organization or community.
1) How were data and information about the community incorporated into the work?
2) Was the diversity of culture and beliefs in the community taken into account?
3) Were other, secondary, health concerns of the community also taken into account?
4) Were the economic and daily environmental realities of the community taken into account?
5) What, if any, ethical issues were considered in working with specific groups and stakeholders in the community?
6) What suggestions might you offer for doing things differently, if you could revisit that work?
7) Would you set different goals?
8) What evidence would you present to support your recommendations?
Instructions:
Your organization is undertaking a population health improvement initiative focused on one of the pervasive and chronic health concerns in the local community. Examples of health improvement initiatives include nationwide concerns, such as type 2 diabetes, HIV, obesity, and Zika. However, your organization has asked you to determine which widespread health concern should be addressed in a population health improvement plan for the community in which you practice and has entrusted you with gathering and evaluating the relevant data.
Data Evaluation
Evaluate community demographic, epidemiological, and environmental data.
1) Identify the relevant data.
2) Describe the major community health concerns suggested by the data.
3) Explain how environmental factors affect the health of community residents.
4) Health Improvement Plan
Develop an ethical health improvement plan that effectively addresses the population health concern that you identified in your evaluation of the relevant data.
5) Base your plan on the best available evidence from a minimum of 3-5 current scholarly or professional sources.
6) Ensure that your plan meets the cultural and environmental needs of your community and will likely lead to some improvement in the community's health related to this concern.
• Consider the environmental realities and challenges that exist in the community.
• Address potential barriers or misunderstandings related to the various cultures prevalent in the community.
7) Justify the value and relevance of the evidence you used as the basis of your plan.
• Explain why the evidence is valuable and relevant to the community health concern you are addressing.
• Explain why each piece of evidence is appropriate and informs the goal of improving the health of the community.
8) Propose relevant and measurable criteria for evaluating the outcomes of your plan.
• Explain why your proposed criteria are appropriate and useful measures of success.
9) Explain how you will communicate with colleagues and members of the community, in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way, with regard to the development and implementation of your plan.
• Develop a clear communications strategy mindful of the cultural and ethical expectations of colleagues and community members regarding data privacy.
• Ensure that your strategy enables you to make complex medical terms and concepts understandable to members of the community, regardless of language, disabilities, or level of education.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.