CASE STUDY SCENARIO
Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, procrastination, and rejection continues to pose a great challenge for reaching safe levels of immunity locally, nationally, and globally. During a recent health event organized in a Leon County Florida rural community of predominantly Black and Hispanic groups, a significant number of adults and families reported on the survey that they have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus either through personal infection or family members and significant other. A significant number also reported that they have not received the COVID-19 vaccination. Screening data revealed average group blood pressure of 159/110 mmHg, fasting glucose meter of 250 dl/L (obtained from most recent home glucose meter storage memory). Brown bag medication assessment identified multiple prescriptions for managing multiple chronic disease conditions among the adults.
Please address the following questions in the report.
Explain the primary health behavior need/s or problem identifiable for this community? Apply your knowledge of the levels of health promotion and concepts to explain the problem/s.
Describe the meaning and provide specific scores of following three listed health status designations for Leon County. What are the challenges of these designations and the implications of the currents status for meeting the health promotion needs for the populations in the case?
Health Professions Shortage Area (HPSA)
Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs)
Medically Underserved Area (MUAs)
Referencing HealthyPeople 2030 goals, analyze how social determinants of health (SDH) can be used to create an intervention plan to reduce health disparities associated with this rural community. Identify specific SDH in your response.
Explain how you would apply a health promotion model reviewed in this module and health literacy skills to support a health behavior change in this community. Include a health planning process with specific steps.
Explain how would you utilize appropriate health technologies, evidence-based tools, and information to map the course of the current health promotion needs of the community and to develop an appropriate plan for intervention?
