10 Jul Apa style 4-5 pages -Healthcare Data Collection Assignment

Question Description
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

Community Needs Assessments are used by health care administrators, decision makers, and policy makers to identify health inequities and to ensure that health care resources are maximized for health improvement. A Community Needs Assessment describes the health and welfare of the priority population, identifies the major health risk factors, and the top health problems, and helps to identify the next steps to address these factors.

To prepare for this Assignment

Consider the parameters of your geographic area. This is a population based project; please choose a city (Atlanta) or county (Fulton) in your state – or country. You will complete and submit both sections of the Data Collection Worksheet Template provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

Data Collection Worksheet Template (Copy & paste in Word)

Statistical Information is from what City or County:

SECTION ONE: Data Collection

Demographics-Related Data

Indicators

Data from Your

Chosen Location

(City or County)

Data for US *

Data Source

(Cite appropriately)

Sampling Notes

Overall population of area of focus

Population under the age of 5

Population over the age of 65

Population of male and female

Ethnic backgrounds

Percentage of non-native speaking population/ households

Education levels

Income levels

Poverty level

HEALTH RELATED DATA

Indicators

Data from Your

Chosen Location

(City or County)

Data for US *

Data Source

(Cite appropriately)

Sampling Notes

Life expectancy

Infant mortality

10 diseases with the highest mortality (or prevalence)

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* International students – data from your country

References:

SECTION TWO: Proposal Outline – Final Project Initiative Proposal

Write 2-3 paragraphs comparing and analyzing your city or county data with US data (or your country).

State the health issue you are choosing for your population health initiative (one – two sentences):

Explain why you chose this health issue (one – two paragraphs):

Describe your chosen population. Be specific by providing demographics to fully explain your population (provide two – three sentences to explain why these demographics are important):

List and describe three objectives you hope to accomplish with your initiative (one sentence for each objective). Use the SMART topics as a guide.(SMART – specific, measurable, actionable, reasonable, time bound)

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Describe two – three activities you will use to accomplish each of these objectives (one – two sentences for each activity).

Directions: Write the activity on the line by the number and then use space underneath the number to provide specific discussion. Please be specific in describing the activity. For example, if you want to have a 10 K race, state details about the event.

Three Activities for Objective 1

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Three Activities for Objective 2

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Three Activities for Objective 3

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The Assignment

Complete Section One of the Data Collection Worksheet Template provided in this week’s Learning Resources. The data you enter on the worksheet should be based on a city or county – plus US data. (International students may choose a region of their country and compare this data to their country’s national data)
Compare your city (Atlanta) or county (Fulton) data to the national data in the appropriate column. You will summarize these findings in Section Two.
Complete Section Two. Based on your analysis and identification of top health problems, choose one population health issue and reply to the questions/topics in this section.
Submit the entire worksheet, which includes your data in Section One and responses to the items in Section Two.
This assignment will be 4-5 pages (Does not include Title and Reference page).
Cite ALL references and quotes!
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Data Analysis

Synthesize findings from data collection in identifying top health problems in a community
Points:

Points Range: 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)

Synthesis of demographic and health related data shows depth of critical thinking for extrapolating the top health problems in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)

Synthesis of demographic and health related data fully shows the health problems in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)

Synthesis of demographic and health related data lacks depth or clarity in identifying the health problems in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)

Synthesis of demographic and health related data does not identify the health problems in the selected community, is inaccurate, missing, or is of poor quality.

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Comparison of top health problems in a community to national standards
Points:

Points Range: 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)

The comparison shows depth in clarity when addressing the top health problems in the selected community in relation to national standards.

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Points:

Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)

The comparison fully addresses the health problems in the selected community to national standards.

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Points:

Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)

The comparison lacks depth or clarity in its identification of the health problems in the selected community to national standards.

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Points:

Points Range: 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)

The comparison does not identify health problems in the selected community to national standards, is inaccurate, missing, or is of poor quality.

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Initiative Proposal

Create an initiative proposal to address a top health problem in a community
Points:

Points Range: 36 (36%) – 40 (40%)

The initiative proposal shows critical thinking and problem solving in its explanation of the relevance of the proposal for a top health problem in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 32 (32%) – 35 (35%)

The initiative proposal fully addresses the key points in its explanation of the relevance of the proposal for the health problems in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 28 (28%) – 31 (31%)

The initiative proposal lacks depth or clarity in its explanation of the relevance of the proposal for the health problems in the selected community.

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Points:

Points Range: 0 (0%) – 27 (27%)

The initiative proposal does not address the relevance of the proposal for the health problems in the selected community, is inaccurate, missing, or is of poor quality.

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Writing
Points:

Points Range: 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)

Presentation is well organized, uses scholarly tone, contains original writing and proper paraphrasing, follows APA style, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate level writing style.

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Points:

Points Range: 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)

Presentation is mostly consistent with graduate level writing style and may have some spelling, APA, and writing errors.

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Points:

Points Range: 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)

Presentation is somewhat consistent with graduate level writing style and may have some spelling, APA, and writing errors.

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