OHIO UNIVERSITY Community the escalating prevalence of obesity

This assignment is aligned with the module objective “Demonstrate community assessments and apply the principles of epidemiology.” As part of the written assignment, you will complete the following tasks:

Identify one health problem you believe to be the most prevalent in your community. You may want to check with your local health department or a community health nurse. Also consider researching the morbidity/mortality rates health problems in your community. School nurses and are an excellent resource person to contact.

Analyze the problem using Milio’s framework for prevention from the module 1 readings (Chapter three in your text, pp 41).

• Choose one of your nursing diagnoses and describe how your identified community health problem applies.
• Describe the health people 2030 national goal that relates closest to your chosen Diagnosis.
• Develop one-long term goal, minimum of three short-term goals and interventions for your chosen diagnosis (you will be developing a teaching plan in week 3).

Read the following chapter from the required course text book:

Nies, M. A., McEwen, M. (2024). Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (8thed.). Elsevier.

Chapter 5: Epidemiology

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