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Week 1
Week 1 Course Overview and Week 1 Presentation
Week 1: Discussion – Exercise and Discussion Questions from Curley Text Book
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Go to the end of Chapter 2: Identifying Outcomes, in your Curley course text. Under “Exercises and Discussion Questions” select Exercise 2.5 OR 2.6 and respond in a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences each. You should address each bullet point in the exercise you select. Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article from this week’s readings and course textbook. APA format should be utilized to include a reference list. Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first person use.
Exercise 2.5 Diabetes affects a growing number of Americans. You have been invited to join a collaborative of community agencies interested in tackling diabetes from a community perspective.
What resources will you use to identify different outcomes related to diabetes?
What outcomes related to diabetes are of most interest to community members?
How will you compare the outcomes you select to monitor at the local level with state and national outcomes?
Exercise 2.6 APRNs should not only recognize but also make it part of their practice to develop strategies to reduce or eliminate health disparities. Review information from Healthy People 2020 and the CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities websites.
What health disparities can you find that are relevant to your community?
How can you better advocate for minority groups who have poorer health outcomes?
What specific objectives in Healthy People 2020 can help this effort?
Review the following for integration into your writing/responses:
https://campaignforaction.org/issue/fostering-interprofessional-collaboration/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Threaded Discussion Rubric can be found in Course Resources
Week 2
Week 2: Discussion – Epidemiological Methods
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Consider one of the following disease processes:
Zika
Salmonella
MRSA
Clostridioides difficile
Depression (Choose population:Adult, Older Adult, Adolescent)
Attention Deficit Disorder
Dementia
Osteoporosis
Next, choose a diagnostic or screening method from one of the following web sites that correlates to the topic from either of those assignments:
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
SAMHSA-HRSA (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Reply to the following prompt: Describe the diagnostic or screening tool selected, its purpose, and what age group it targets. Has it been specifically tested in this age group?
Next, discuss the predictive ability of the test. For instance, how do you know the test is reliable and valid? What are the reliability and validity values? What are the predictive values? Is it sensitive to measure what it has been developed to measure, for instance, HIV, or depression in older adults, or Lyme Disease? Would you integrate this tool into your advanced practice based on the information you have read about the test, why or why not?
You should include a minimum of two (2) scholarly articles from the last five (5) years (3 is recommended).
Respond to a minimum of two (2) individuals, peer and/or faculty, with a scholarly and reflective post of a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences. A minimum of one (1) scholarly article should be utilized to support the post in addition to your textbook.
Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article and the course textbook. APA format should be utilized to include a reference list. Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first person use.
Week 2: Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper
his assignment was locked Jan 23 at 11:59pm.
PURPOSE
The concepts of epidemiology provide the framework for the study of infectious and chronic diseases, which provides a rich source of data for the analysis of trends in disease and health. This assignment will offer the opportunity to explore the health effects associated with hookahs. You will identify populations at risk, and to design an educational intervention for your target population. In addition you will look at what outcomes will be addressed to determine if your interventions work. You will integrate HP2020 and CDC information into your paper.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
CO 3: Identify appropriate outcome measures and study designs applicable to epidemiological subfields such as infectious disease, chronic disease, environmental exposures, reproductive health, and genetics.
CO 6: Identify important sources of epidemiological data.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 125 POINTS
Due Date: Submit your file(s) by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 2
REQUIREMENTS
Criteria for Content
Research the health effects of hookahs and select three to five health effects to address. Identify your target population (for instance, age or other demographic, aggregate population); this must be in your city or state. Design a population based health education intervention for your target population that is aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality for the problem. Be sure to review the research literature and HP2020 for interventions. Decide what outcomes you will use to determine whether your educational intervention works. In a three (3) page summary, address the following.
Identify the problem in the introduction section.
Provide an overview of the problem in your city/state
Review of descriptive epidemiologic and demographic data on mortality/morbidity and risk
Present the goal, overview and objectives of Healthy People 2020 for the paper topic. Also, include an overview of the national snapshot by HP2020.
Create a population focused intervention that includes activities and implementation strategies. Use of scholarly literature and HP2020 is recommended for writing the Intervention Program Plan.
PREPARING THE PAPER
Submission Requirements
Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written assessment.
Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is a maximum three (3) pages.
A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used. You may use your course textbook as one reference but this does not count to the three (3) scholarly literature references. References should include scholarly publications and not be limited to scholarly web sites.
APA Format (6th ed.).
Best Practices in Preparing the Project
The following are best practices in preparing this project.
Review directions and rubric through thoroughly.
Follow submission requirements.
Make sure all elements on the grading rubric are included. Organize the paper using the rubric sections and appropriate headings to match the sections.
Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
Ideas and information that come from scholarly literature must be cited and referenced correctly.
A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used. Not all references should be from scholarly web sites. You may use your textbook but this will not count towards the three (3) scholarly literature references.
Length: Papers not adhering to the page length may be subject to the either (but not both) of the following at the discretion of the course faculty; 1. Your paper may be returned to you for editing to meet the length guidelines, or, 2. Your faculty may deduct up to five (5) points from the final grade.
Adhere to the Chamberlain College of Nursing academic policy on integrity as it pertains to the submission of your own original work for assignments.
Once you have submitted your second submission to the grade book dropbox, it will be considered final and subject for grading.
Week 3: Discussion- Epidemiological Methods and Measurements
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Utilizing the list below, choose two research methods. Next, find two articles, one on each of the chosen methods, from the Chamberlain College library, or you may use one that is provided within the course and one you find from the library. The articles should be related to population health and infectious disease, chronic health, occupational health, global health, genomics, or environmental health:
Randomized Control Trial
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Cross-Sectional
Read each article and answer the following questions for each article:
Does the study design specify a question, goal, of the study?
Explain the methodology (Randomized Control Trial, Cohort Study, Case-Control Study).
Describe the participant information, include recruitment. Is selection bias present?
How is data collected?
Are the variables identified? If yes, discuss. If no, how does this impact your interpretation of the study?
How was the data analyzed, what statistics are provided? What are potential errors related to the study design?
What are the weaknesses of the type of study design/method?
Discuss the outcomes and the implications for implementation.
Post your analysis of the research studies to the DB. Your analysis should have in-text citations and utilize a scholarly voice with APA formatting. You may choose to write a Word doc and upload your doc to the discussion board for this week.
Respond to a total of two posts; either two (2) peer posts or a peer and faculty post, with a minimum of one paragraph of 4-5 sentences for each of their articles. Your reply post should integrate in-text citation(s) and be formatted with APA and a scholarly voice.
Threaded Discussion Rubric located in Course Resources.
Week 5: Infectious Disease Paper
This assignment was locked Feb 13 at 11:59pm.
PURPOSE
Infectious disease occurs worldwide and must be addressed just as chronic disease is approached. This assignment will offer the opportunity to explore the various communicable diseases, the epidemiological background data as well as the implications of these infections.
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