Homework: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Population-Specific Paper
This paper was to be developed throughout the first six to nine weeks of the course, with an opportunity to submit a rough draft for feedback. The goal of this homework is twofold: A) for you to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of health promotion and disease prevention as related to the role of the APRN while applying this information to a specific vulnerable population; and B) for you to have an opportunity to develop your writing and APA formatting skills through faculty feedback and the utilization of various tools here at Regis (that is, Regis Library and staff, SmartThinking, Pearson Writing Center, etc.).
The faculty at Regis want you to be successful. Being able to present not only your thoughts but evidence-based practice information in a concise, systematic, and clear manner will be a talent that serves you well.
The paper is to be five to eight pages in length, not including the title page, attachments, and reference pages.
The paper will be divided into four sections.
I. Section 1
i. Introduction
a) WHO's definition of health
b) Concepts of health, health promotion, and behavior change options
c) Vulnerable individuals and populations
ii. Historical Perspectives of Health
iii. Healthy People Initiative - overall summary of the initiative
iv. Levels of Prevention
a) Primordial
b) Primary
c) Secondary
d) Tertiary
e) Quaternary
v. The role of nursing, specifically APRNs, in health promotion and disease prevention
II. Section 2
i. Vulnerability as a concept
ii. Health disparities
iii. Cultural competency as a provider
iv. Defining resilience and applying to the vulnerable
v. Advocacy role as a provider
vi. Vulnerable people, groups, populations, and societal views: Sinner versus victim (Mechanic and Tanner, 2005)
III. Section 3. Focus on your specific vulnerable population group
i. Introduce your vulnerable population: sinner or victim?
ii. Social justice related to your population
iii. Low literacy within your population and how this affects their health
iv. Evaluate your vulnerable population related to current Healthy People Initiative guidelines.
v. Discuss one primary health concern for your population and include the preventive guideline related to this concern and how you might motivate this group to make behavioral changes.
vi. Discuss use of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with your vulnerable population - pros and cons. How can community-level plans/interventions influence individual and family health?
vii. Discuss what resources are available within your community for your specific population and vulnerable populations in general.
IV. Section 4
i. The conclusion of your paper should bring all your information together.
ii. Discuss an approach for improving health literacy within your population
iii. Discuss how, as an APRN, you can impact vulnerable individuals in your community.
iv. Conclude with a summary of how we as a nation are doing with health promotion and disease prevention.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.