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APPLYING EPIDEMIOLOGY TO PROGRAM DESIGN FOR CHRONIC DISEASE

 

Roughly 28.5 million Americans were still uninsured as of 2017, and 133 million Americans […] suffer from at least one chronic condition.

—Nash et al. (2021, p. 5)

As you know, promoting positive social change is a part of the Walden mission. To be effective agent for social change, nurses must be able to logically and critically analyze population health issues using epidemiologic concepts, and then translate this knowledge into evidence-based practice to improve healthcare outcomes. This exercise will afford you such an experience at the population level. This is an exciting time to be working in the field of population health with all the new, dynamic, and innovative technologies and strategies to help patients and populations become more knowledgeable about their health.

This week’s Learning Resources present numerous health problems that result in a need for ongoing care. Your Assignment is to select a chronic disease of professional importance to you, and then design an intervention program to improve the health of populations affected by it.

Reference:

Nash, D. B., Skoufalos, A., Fabius, R. J., & Oglesby, W. H. (2021). Population health: Creating a culture of wellness (3rd ed). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

RESOURCES

 

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

Required Readings

• Curley, A. L. C. (Ed.). (2020). Population-based nursing: Concepts and competencies for advanced practice (3rd ed.). Springer.

o Chapter 7, “Concepts in Program Design and Development”

• Center for Community Health and Development. (n.d.). Toolkits. In Community tool box.Links to an external site. University of Kansas. https://ctb.ku.edu/en/toolkits

Note: The toolkits page provides guidance on designing and developing programs to improve population outcomes.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP): Home.Links to an external site. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Writing SMART objectivesLinks to an external site.. Evaluation Briefs.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/evaluation/pdf/brief3b.pdf

• The Community GuideLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). https://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html

• Minnesota Department of Health. (n.d.). Smart objectivesLinks to an external site.. https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/resources/phqitoolbox/objectives.html