After you have completed Part 1 – Goals for the teaching project, the next step is to outline a Community Health Plan and Health Education Lesson Plan for his/her community and implement this in his/her community. See the example Sample Community Health Project Outline Download Sample Community Health Project Outline for your reference. This Part 2 is worth 10 points of the Community Health Teaching Project.
Instructions:
1. This part could be presented as a written paper or PowerPoint presentation.
2. Within your paper or PowerPoint, the following questions must be answered:
a. Assess a targeted population in your community to see what needs to exist. This is done by researching health data for your population. Make sure you select and define your community by noting its history.
b. Capture a picture of your selected community. What are the vital statistics of your community? Think about socioeconomic statistics. What illnesses or diseases are present in your community? Do citizens in your community have easy access to primary care? What are the most prevalent health problems in your community?
c. Formulate a community health nursing diagnosis related to this health need. Based on this data, what are the strengths and needs of your community?
d. Plan community intervention. Ask yourself if this will have a positive health impact on the designated population. How do you know?
e. Propose an educational presentation that will address the most important needs of your population. The presentation must be arranged with your instructor. The instructor will attend your presentation virtually or in person.
f. Propose an Evaluation Plan: How would you evaluate your intervention?
3. See the examples below for this Part 2 – Outline.
Examples for the Project:
· Assessing client satisfaction with public health services
· Chip (Community Health Improvement Plan)
· Depression screening of college students
· Design and after-school program for at-risk students
· Develop a disaster plan
· Get a sidewalk or a gym, or a recreational center built
· Health education
· Health screening
· Increase immunization rates in school-age children
· Intervene in a communicable disease outbreak situation
· Marketing prenatal care
· Obesity prevention, nutrition programs
· Organize a home visitation for at-risk teen moms
· Physical fitness programs
· Provide car seats for children in poverty areas
· Provide training to inmates or correctional facility staff on infection control
· Safety (texting while driving)(car seats)(firearm)(summer)
· STD/HIV reduction rate program in a specific population
· Teaching nutritional cooking to moms receiving WIC
· Teaching parents alternative discipline methods
· Tobacco cessation, etc.
To begin Community Health Teaching Project – Outline, click on “Start Assignment” above (located – top-right side of screen).
Community Health Teaching Project
Part 3 – Presentation
Objective:
Each student will present a population-level, evidence-based practice teaching intervention. The presentation should be 15 to 20 minutes at maximum. This Part 3 is worth 10 points of the Community Health Teaching Project.
Instructions:
1. Once your outline (Part 2) is approved, plan your final presentation with your instructor.
2. It is preferable to present your final presentation in a clinical setting. However, the instructor can hold it at the MDC Medical campus.
3. You will also present your final Community Health Teaching projects to your preceptor.
4. Below are the items to include in your presentation.
5. Please review the “Grading Rubric” below before you begin working on this part of the project to ensure that you are aware of all the requirements.
Information to include in the presentation:
1. Title of the project.
2. Introduction (what is essential to learn about this issue). You may present statistics such as mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence.
3. Findings of your assessment:
· Why do you believe the topic is essential for the audience?
· Please indicate the learning objectives. After the presentation, the participant will:
4. Include barriers and assets for your specific population.
· What can you teach to empower the population to take a proactive stand for wellness?
5. The presentation should be age, culturally, and health literacy appropriate.
6. The health teaching presentation should provide accurate, evidence-based information to the participant.
7. The teaching presentation should have examples of outcomes.
· What happens if I change….?, if I don’t?
8. The presentation should have examples of how to do the intended behavior.
9. The presentation should have time for participants to ask questions and make comments.
10. The presentation should have a section that evaluates the audience’s attainment of the education objectives.