Obesity in Queens, NY

Paper instructions:
Topic:  Obesity in Queens, NY among African American adults

A.  Assessment

1.  Describe the community where you performed your fieldwork. In your description, identify each of the following items:

€¢  Geographical area (e.g., county, city, town)

€¢  Area size

€¢  Population size

€¢  Demographics

€¢  Physical and social environment

2.  Create a community genogram/profile reflecting the health status of the community.

Note: This should be included as an appendix.

3.  Discuss the health concern you studied in your fieldwork. Include the following:

€¢  Background in relation to Healthy People 2020 (2010) and local public health data that characterizes this health concern

€¢  Data from national, state, and/or local level related to the health concern

4.  Describe the population of interest affected by the health concern you studied in your fieldwork. In your description, include each of the following

components:

€¢  Gender

€¢  Age

€¢  Demographics including socioeconomic status and educational level

a.  Explain how this health concern is linked to a health inequity for the population of interest.

b.  Use data to support your conclusion.

5.  Discuss the community resources and partners (e.g., mission, activities, websites) currently involved with the health concern.

B.  Diagnosis

1.  Discuss aspects of the health concern not being aIDressed despite the efforts of the partners involved.

C.  Outcomes Identification

1.  Explain the ultimate outcome(s) or goal(s) for improvement related to the health concern.

D.  Planning

1.  Recommend nursing actions to improve the health concern.

Note: Use the Minnesota Intervention Wheel as an aid in selecting the broad areas for nursing action.

2.  Explain how you and other nurses might work with the community and the population of interest to improve the health concern.

Note: Select primary and secondary prevention activities only.

3.  Discuss potential public and private partnerships that could be formed to implement your recommendations.

4.  Discuss the overall objective(s) for implementing these activities.

5.  Create a timeline for expected outcomes.

E.  Evaluation

1.  Explain how you would evaluate whether the efforts to improve the health concern were effective.

€¢  Include in your explanation the tools you might use to do this evaluation.

F.  Conclusion

1.  Reflect on how your perspective of the community’s health and the national, state, and local efforts toward a healthier population has changed as a result of

your fieldwork.