Explore HealthyPeople.gov to familiarize yourself with an initiative aimed at promoting health through attaining four overarching goals.
Leading Health Indicators
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Explore HealthyPeople.gov to familiarize yourself with an initiative aimed at promoting health through attaining four overarching goals.
After navigating the site, respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How are the leading health indicators selected?
Which of the leading health indicator topic(s) is/are most important for your community or practice setting? Why?
NSG486 Public Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Week 2 Discussion
Politics & Policy
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
In this week’s library readings, Keepnews (2013) states “the challenges facing the U.S. health care system— expanding access, reducing costs, ensuring quality, and transforming how care is delivered—affect everyone, regardless of political affiliation. Everyone—including every nurse, and certainly every nurse preparing for an advanced role— needs to understand the issues surrounding health reform” (p. 183).
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What role do politics play in key issues like expanding access, reducing costs, and improving quality in your organization, community, or practice setting? Cite specific examples from practice or literature.
What is nursing’s role in politics?
NSG486 Public Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Week 3 Discussion
Epidemiology
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 175 words:
As digital epidemiology becomes more prevalent, what are some of the ethical considerations of using big data in public health surveillance?
OR
Imagine that during a community health assessment, you discover 30% of the population is overweight (including children). Discuss interventions to reduce this prevalence rate.
NSG486 Public Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Week 4 Discussion
CD Control/Healthy People 2020
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Healthy People strives to improve the health of all U.S. residents by providing 10-year national goals and objectives.
Review the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators and objectives.
Identify the leading health indicators and objectives related to infectious diseases.
Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Contact your local health department (or review their website) and learn more about their role in relation to communicable diseases. Answer the following:
What is the role of the public health nurse within your community in relation to communicable disease control?
OR
Which Healthy People 2020 objectives related to infectious diseases are most important to you and your community? Why?
NSG486 Public Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Week 5 Discussion
WHO Local Impact
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Explore the World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory data.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How does the work of the World Health Organization impact local communities in the United States?
How could it impact your local community?
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