Imagine you are a community health nurse assigned to care for a family with a newly diagnosed type-2 diabetic member.

Imagine you are a community health nurse assigned to care for a family with a newly diagnosed type-2 diabetic member. The diabetic family member, JK, is a 76-year-old African American woman with hypertension and asthma. JK lives in a food desert and does not drive. JK’s family lives out of town.

Evaluate the following community health resources for JK’s situation:

United States Department of Agriculture

Food Access Research Atlas Overview

Food Access Research Atlas Map

CDC

A Look Inside Food Deserts

Small Food Stores and Availability of Nutritious Foods

State Health Statistics

American Nutrition Association

USDA Defines Food Deserts

 Create a plan detailing opportunities for JK to gain adequate access to appropriate foods for 1 week. (The plan will be as if JK lives in a food dessert community in your area.) Your plan must:

Create an appropriate and realistic estimated budget.

Identify shopping locations

Map out transportation means, routes, and timing.

Define and explain support services that would be helpful to JK.

Compare a local food dessert community with your county census data.

Format your assignment as one of the following:

3- to 5-slide presentation

1-minute podcast

175- to 260-word paper