Student should select a population at risk. The actual assignment will require you to identify the population health issues, research the characteristics and criteria of the condition and to define the population at-risk. The key skill development revolves around the student’s capacity to find the most appropriate data sources and to select those data indicators that best represent the needs of the population at-risk. Population affected by a disease, or condition, or selects a Communicable Disease of Global Importance. Search and identify literature to support your Power Point presentation.
Your Power Point should include the following information:
Description of the population, including demographics and risk factors determining health in this population
Common health issues prevalent in this population
Identify access and barriers to health care and treatment options for this population, and include local and global policies regulating control and prevention of a diseases in this population
Discuss local and global documents addressing the needs of this population, and suggest improvement of the existing programs.
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Describe a disease, including etiology, clinical course, treatment, recovery & outcome, and prevention
Most prevalent populations globally affected by this disease
Identify local and global policies and laws regulating prevention, treatment and control of the diseases
Discuss the importance of global documents and laws regulating and controlling the disease, and suggest improvements in policy arena
Use at least 6 references to support the poster. List references on the presentation. There will be about 10 minutes (12 minutes maximum) for presentation per PowerPoint listed in the syllabus.
Additional Assignment Resources (Textbook iink for the Worldcat library in the Nies resource):
Dunlap, R. (2016). Tears for the City_The Biblical Basis for Population-Focused Nursing Download Tears for the City_The Biblical Basis for Population-Focused Nursing . Journal of Christian Nursing, 33(3), 167–171. doi: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000282.
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (Eds.). (2015). Community/public health nursing : promoting the health of populations (Links to an external site.) (6th ed.). Elsevier.
Ozel, H., Ozguven, E. E., Kocatepe, A., & Horner, M. W. (2016). Aging Population–Focused Accessibility Assessment of Multimodal Facilities in Florida. Download Aging Population–Focused Accessibility Assessment of Multimodal Facilities in Florida. Transportation Research Record, 2584(1), 45–61. https://doi.org/10.3141/2584-07 (Links to an external site.)
Randolph, S. , Evans, C. & Bacon, C. T. (2016). Preparing BSN Students for Population-Focused Nursing Care Download Preparing BSN Students for Population-Focused Nursing Care . Nursing Education Perspectives, 37(2), 115–117. doi: 10.5480/13-1122.
