Population Health Practice Problem

Purpose

This assignment will allow for the exploration of a selected population health practice problem, encompassing social determinant risk factors, epidemiological factors, an evidence-based population health intervention, and relevant measurable goals and objectives.

Instructions

Use the population (at the local, regional, or national level) you have engaged throughout the course thus far and develop a comprehensive analysis of the important population health concepts and propose an evidence-based intervention and evaluation plan.

The assignment should include the following components:

1. Introduction: African-American Diabetes
   1. Introduce topic of paper.
   1. Develop a focused one-sentence purpose statement.
   1. Present subtopics that will be discussed.
2. Population: African-American
   1. Present the selected population in general terms.
   1. Identify three key social determinant risk factors associated with the population.
3. Practice Problem: Is Diabetes
   1. Explain the National Practice Problem and how it affects the population.  How it affect the US
   1. Explain the significance of the practice problem at the local, How it affect Maryland
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• or national level. USA
  • Explain the prevalence of the practice problem at the local, regional, or national level.
• Epidemiology
  • Explore the epidemiologic principles and measures used to address your selected practice problem.
  • Examine the use of descriptive and/or analytic epidemiology to address the practice problem.
  • Propose how you might use surveillance to influence the determinants of health and improve the health outcomes of your population.
  • Anticipate any ethical concerns that you might have related to the use of surveillance data in your population.
• Goal and Objective
  • Explore and detail one Healthy People 2030 goal that addresses the selected practice problem.
    • Link (website):  Healthy People 2030  (Links to an external site.)   
  • Develop one measurable objective using the SMART format (review Week 4 Lesson) to help achieve the Healthy People 2030 goal that addresses the selected practice problem.
• Evidence-Based Population Intervention
  • Identify one evidence-based intervention from a research study to achieve the goal and objective. (This research study must be at the population level and should not be one that was used in a previous course.)
  • Add the study to the Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Individual Evidence Summary Tool.
    • Link (Word doc)
  • Identify where the selected intervention is located on the Minnesota Public Health Wheel.
  • Provide objective rationale for the evidence-based intervention to address the practice problem.
• Evaluation
  • Describe how you would evaluate if your intervention were efficient, effective, and efficacious, and equitable.
• Conclusion
  • Summarize the impact of the practice problem on the identified population.
  • Summarize the role of the evidence-based intervention to address the practice problem idea.
• References
  • Identify and list four scholarly sources on the reference pages.
  • Identify and list other scholarly sources used in the paper on the reference pages.
  • List sources in alphabetical order.
  • Use correct hanging-indent format.
• Appendix: Summary Table of the Evidence
  • Attach the completed Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Individual Evidence Summary Tool.
  • Provide a minimum of one research study describing the selected intervention.
  • Complete all sections completely for the source of evidence.
  • Identify both the quality and level of evidence for each scholarly source on the table.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 7-8 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double-spaced pages
• 12-point Times New Roman or 11-point Arial font
• Headings & subheadings
• In-text citations
• Title page
• Reference page
• Standard English usage and mechanics

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

1. Critically analyze the history, formation, and implementation of local, state and national health policies from the perspectives of stakeholders and the profession of nursing. (PO 2)
2. Synthesize ethical and legal principles to advocate for value-based, equitable, and ethical health policies at the micro, meso, and macrosystem levels. (PO 9)
3. Assimilate epidemiology principles and interventions to impact the social determinants of health, Global Burden of Disease, and population health outcomes. (PO 1)
4. Formulate strategies for providing culturally relevant and high-quality healthcare to vulnerable and high-risk populations to address social injustice and health inequities. (PO 1)
5. Demonstrate collaborative interprofessional leadership and political competency to develop and implement healthcare policy to improve healthcare delivery and population health outcomes. (PO 2)