Homework: Health Determinants
Competency
Determine population-based strategies that incorporate health determinants to promote optimal health and prevent escalation of diseases and conditions.
Scenario
After completing your BSN, you have assumed a newly created position as the outreach coordinator for a mental health clinic within the local Veterans Hospital. Your position requires you to manage the outpatient unit and the resources necessary to serve the veteran population better. The Director of the Hospital is seeking to expand outreach to promote mental health among veterans.
Instructions
Create an executive summary containing a community outreach strategy that will improve the quality of life for Veterans with mental health concerns.
1. Identify a problem that requires a mental health community outreach program for the veteran population.
2. Describe the problem in detail including:
• Specific health determinants supported with current evidence
• Predictions for how those determinants affect the ability of the outreach to be successful
3. Propose a community outreach solution to the Director of the Veterans Hospital including:
• Description of the solution
• Explanation of how the proposed solution will align and assist with the health determinants
• Support for the explanation with current evidence
4. Describe the resources needed to initiate the community outreach program including:
• Detailed description of resources needed to initiate the community outreach program
• Potential impacts to the health determinants
• Description of how the health determinants will be overcome to ensure accessibility to the Outreach program
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.