What is the health status of NE, Washington DC)?

Order Instructions

For this week’s discussion, we will focus on the community you have surveyed for your windshield survey and ecomap *”(NE, Washington DC)”. In your discussion response, please address each of the following prompts:

Provide a summary of the statistical data you are using. Be sure to comment on two classmates’ postings and offer them feedback.

What is the health status of NE, Washington DC)?

What are the demographic statistics?

What are the leading causes of death?

What chronic diseases have been identified in the community?

Please be sure to support your discussion with a scholarly source. When responding to your peers, be sure to look for similarities and differences between the various communities being evaluated by others in this class. Can you draw any inferences about why two communities may have similar disease characteristics or resources? Can you find any resources that are consistently absent or present? What is the reason for this? Are the national health objectives mirrored in the communities evaluated by this class?

Respond to at least two peers this week to achieve full participation points.

This activity aligns with:

Course Outcome

AACN BSN Essential

3. Develop appropriate risk reduction and health promotion education plans based on identified family and community risk factors.  

Essential II.5: Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team.

Essential IV.9: Apply patient care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population

Essential VII.1: Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the health of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.

Essential VII.11: Participate in clinical prevention and population-focused interventions with attention to effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity.

Essential VII.13: Use evaluation results to influence the delivery of care, deployment of resources, and to provide input into the development of policies to promote health and prevent disease.

Essential IX.8: Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for managing the acute and chr