Category: Community

The power of introverts

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Prepare a substantive response to the following:
What needs did you identify from the article about the Iceland intervention?
How many different types of interventions do you see in this study?
What three ways might you see these interventions in your school community?
What are some obstacles and challenges that might make it difficult to implement a similar program in your school community?

 

Prepare a substantive response to the following:

In what respects do the ideas from the Iceland intervention and the TED talk on the Power of Introverts, influence your thinking about potentially doing group work in schools?

Community Assessment

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· Discuss community and public health challenges to improving health outcomes.

· Illustrate an interdisciplinary approach to improve health outcomes of the community.

· Examine information technology systems used to identify, communicate, and address health concerns of the community.

· Examine evidence-based practices associated with improving outcomes in community and public health.

· Illustrate the impact that barriers to healthcare access and challenges to improve health outcomes have on community and public health.

· Use evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and follow-up throughout the lifespan.

 

Mitigation measures aimed at protecting your community

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Analyze some of the mitigation measures aimed at protecting your community against man-made hazards. Do any of these measures appear to be particularly effective?

In what areas do you think improvements should be made?

Describe the types of mitigation activities they recommend that their community adopt.

 

 

An organization that provides helpful services in your community

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Research an organization that provides helpful services in your community and write a 1-page summary using the prompts below.

What organization did you choose and what services do they provide?

About

St. Pete Free Clinic

Who does the organization serve and how?
What makes the organization unique, or stand out from similar organizations?

Leveraging community or organizational assets.

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In many ways, the network of relationships to share strengths and resources to meet needs is a community’s greatest asset. Leveraging the existing community web in the planned change process can often be more sustainable and work toward the goals of empowerment and social justice. For this discussion, please answer the following questions:

In the activity, several tangible and intangible assets were shared across this community. How did the activity expand your ideas of assets that could be utilized in a planned change process? Or, if it didn’t expand your ideas, how can services make better use of the assets already in client communities?
Describe an example of a service organization (any type: clinical, advocacy, basic needs, justice, health related, etc.) that in some way strengthens networks of relationships to leverage community or organizational assets.

 

Health policy issue in your workplace or community

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write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Choose a health policy issue in your workplace or community that is related to healthcare cost, quality, or access, and then discuss the following questions:

What are the principal features of U.S. health policy, and what are the various stages in the policy cycle?
What is the role of public opinion in policy making?
What strategies and tools can be employed by various stakeholder groups?
What is the relationship between states and the federal government in policy making?
What has been the impact of presidential leadership on health policies?
How and why have health reform proposals been unsuccessful in the past?
Review the information in your textbook, and use material resources on the U.S. policy process and the political environment. You may need to conduct additional research to support your analysis.

Community development

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Discuss

Greatest strengths and need areas of your community, how you assessed the areas of strength and need, and the priority for the need areas
Strongest and weakest health participants in your community (e.g., hospitals, clinics, etc.)
Existing community programs that likely cost the most and likely cost the least
Most effective and least effective community health programs
Most effective and least effective local hospital health programs
Factors in your community that exist to support your efforts (e.g., existing health coalitions, mayors support, etc.)
Challenges that your community faces in taking action (e.g., geographic location, population makeup, budget, etc.)
National organizations that would likely show interest in supporting your need areas
Describe how you collected data on the social and/or multiple determinants of health and/or health inequities in your analysis
Include how you would approach your local health department with your findings
Include how you would disseminate your findings to the community
Include how you would engage community partners in your efforts
Describe how you would utilize quality improvement tools to sustain and/or maintain any changes you implement
Identify some areas for improvement in your Final Project
Identify the greatest strength of your Final Project
Identify the greatest challenge in completing your Final Project
For your community health systems analysis you will

Identify community strengths and areas for improvement.
Identify the status of community health needs.
Define improvement areas to guide the community towards population-based strategies that create a healthier environment (e.g., increased physical activity, improved nutrition, reduced tobacco use and exposure, and chronic disease management).
Prioritize community needs, and consider appropriate allocation of available resources.
Must include intro and conclusion