Instructional Materials – Textbook
Pender – Chapters 6-9
Article
Sattler, B. & Davis, A. D.B. (2008). Nurses’ roles in children’s environmental health protection.Links to an external site. Pediatric Nursing,14(4). 329-339.
Instructional Materials – Resources
The impact of the environment on health is large and it contributes to immediate and long-term wellbeing. There may be increased attention paid to environmental issues following a national or man-made disaster.
Environmental Health Perspectives http://ehp.niehs.nih.govLinks to an external site.
Note podcasts on post Katrina asthma in children, relationships of pollution and low birth weight, epigenomics and smoking, and other topics of interest. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/category/podcasts/Links to an external site.
Infectious Disease rates and responses on the global front: World Health Organization (WHO). Global alert and response (GAR). http://www.who.int/csr/en/Links to an external site.
Examples of resources available to professionals and others include:
• United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration: http://www.osha.gov/Links to an external site.
• Immunization Action Coalition: http://www.immunize.org/Links to an external site.
Go ahead and explore this week’s broad clinical topic on the internet.
United Nations Environmental Program. Harmful Substances.
United Nations Environmental Program. Harmful Substances.Links to an external site.
This website will provide you with information about efforts to assess and control the effects of harmful substances in the global environment.
New York State Department of Health. Communicable Disease Fact Sheets.
New York State Department of Health. Communicable Disease Fact Sheets.Links to an external site.
New York State’s DOH has some informative fact sheets about communicable diseases.
Instructional Materials – Research
For national statistics on communicable/infectious diseases and environmental health go to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for data that is specific to each state. Try and find data on these sites that have not already been shared on the board. Your should also explore your state or country health department websites and WHO for international reports on these topics.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/Links to an external site.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.Links to an external site.
Local resources for health care providers (New York City has a service for providers that may be available in some form in other localities):
Under Health Service Providers/Selected rogram and Services For Providers there is a special program called NYC MED for healthcare providers in NYC. Members receive eblasts when there are outbreaks of infectious diseases. Recent examples included outbreaks of measles in children residing in the ultraorthodox Jewish community, drug resistent infections in gay males. It also provides notices and updates on contaminated medications.
ASSIGNMENT
Question 1
Readings
Identify and describe two new concepts related to this week’s topic on the evaluation of plans and accommodation of diverse populations that you believe to be particularly relevant to your future practice as a nurse practitioner.
How do you anticipate that this information will inform your practice with patients who, because of their culture, age, gender, and socioeconomic status, are at higher risk for developing specific health problems?
If in the PNP concentration, please focus on children and adolescents, if in the ANP concentration please consider elders as well.
• With this assignment focus on children, adolescents, and elders as well.
• Also, the reading should include the book i.e. Pender chapters 6-7. I added it to the materials above and other resources.
Question 2
Research
Report the incidence/prevalence of communicable/environmental disorders in your community. Compare these figures with the national and global figures.
• With this assignment consider using Essex County in New Jersey as my community and use the materials for research that other resources that I added.
Question 3
Resources
Locate a resource for information about a communicable or environmental problem available to health care providers or to the public at large on the internet.
Do not consider community or interpersonal violence.
Provide a link for colleagues to use to gain access and post a brief critique of the site paying special attention to the effectiveness of the presentation of information for the group being targeted.
How does the website address/promote healthy behaviors?
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