Assess your chosen community to include socioeconomic and demographic data such as location, lifestyle, age, race, ethnicity, gender, marital status, income,

Conduct the windshield survey worksheets and research for the health promotion research assessment.

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Introduction

This first assessment is the research and background information for the presentation you will give in your last assessment. Consider this the nursing process for your chosen community (assessment, diagnostics, planning, interventions, and evaluation). The first step in any effective project or clinical patient encounter is planning. This assessment provides an opportunity for you to plan a learning experience focused on health promotion associated with the specific community health concern you selected from the provided document. Such a plan defines the critical elements of who, what, when, where, and why that establish the foundation for an effective clinical learning experience for the participants. Completing this assessment will strengthen your understanding of how to plan and negotiate individual or group participation. The two windshield survey worksheets will be critical steps in completing this assessment. This assessment is the foundation for the implementation of Assessment 4, Health Promotion Plan Presentation.

Note: Assessment 1 must be completed first before you are able to submit Assessment 4. Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

Be sure you’ve completed the Windshield Survey Worksheet 1: Assess Your Community and Windshield Survey Worksheet 2: Tour Your Community activities. Then complete this assessment as if within a neighborhood or community of your choice. Your community, which will become the focus of your health promotion plan, could be something like the elderly housing center, high school, or your own neighborhood. It could even be a subset of or an individual within that community, for instance, one of the students at the high school or a resident at the elderly housing center.

Instructions

Complete the following:

· Assess your chosen community to include socioeconomic and demographic data such as location, lifestyle, age, race, ethnicity, gender, marital status, income, education, employment. (Complete the windshield surveys first.)

· Choose a specific health concern or health need from the  Assessment 1 Supplement: Health Promotion Research [PDF]  as the focus of your health promotion plan for your chosen community. Then, analyze a population within your community with the health concern or need you’ve chosen to focus on and the best practices for health improvement, based on supporting evidence. Consider underlying assumptions and points of uncertainty in your analysis.

· Describe in detail the characteristics of your chosen community who will be the audience for the activity you are planning and how those characteristics are relevant to what you’ve learned about the targeted population. Describe in detail the relevant information of who within this community is affected by your chosen health issue.

· Explain why the population you are focusing on in your community is predisposed to this health concern or health need and why they can benefit from a health promotion educational plan. Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services. Support your conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data.

· Based on the health concern for your individual or group, discuss what you would include in the development of a sociogram. Take into consideration possible social, economic, cultural, genetic, and/or lifestyle behaviors that may have an impact on health as you develop your educational plan in this assessment. You will take this information into consideration when you present your educational plan in Assessment 4.

· Identify your chosen individual’s or group’s potential learning needs. Imagine the input of your audience if you were collaborating with the individual or group to establish the SMART goals that would be used to evaluate the education session (Assessment 4).

· Identify the individual or group’s current behaviors, outline clear expectations for this educational session, and offer suggestions for how the individual or group needs can be met. Health promotion goals need to be clear, measurable, and appropriate for this activity and audience. Consider goals that will foster behavior changes and lead to the desired outcomes.

Be sure to apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

· Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.

· Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.

Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

· Document format and length: Your health promotion plan should be 4–6 pages in length.

· Supporting evidence: Support your health promotion plan with peer-reviewed articles, course study resources, and Healthy People 2030 resources. Cite at least three credible sources published within the past 5 years using APA format.

· Before submitting your assessment for grading, proofread it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on the substance of your plan.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Analyze health risks and healthcare needs among distinct populations.

· Analyze a population within a chosen community with a health concern or need that is the focus of a health promotion plan.

· Describe in detail the characteristics of a chosen community who will be the audience for a health promotion and how those characteristics are relevant to a larger target community.

· Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.

· Explain why a health concern or need is important for health promotion within a community and population, supporting conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data.

· Establish health goals appropriate for a chosen individual or group of participants that are realistic, measurable, and attainable.

· Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.

· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

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Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

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Criterion 1

Analyze a population within a chosen community with a health concern or need that is the focus of a health promotion plan.

Distinguished

Provides an in-depth analysis of a population within the chosen community with a specific health concern or need that is the focus of the health promotion plan, and articulates underlying assumptions and points of uncertainty in the analysis.

Proficient

Analyzes a population within a chosen community with a health concern or need that is the focus of a health promotion plan.

Basic

Identifies a population within a chosen community with a health concern or need that is the focus of a health promotion plan.

Non Performance

Does not analyze a population within a chosen community with a health concern or need that is the focus of a health promotion plan.

Criterion 2

Describe in detail the characteristics of a chosen community who will be the audience for a health promotion and how those characteristics are relevant to a larger target community.

Distinguished

Describes in detail the characteristics of a chosen community who will be the audience for a health promotion and how those characteristics are relevant to a larger target community, providing appropriate examples.

Proficient

Describes in detail the characteristics of a chosen community who will be the audience for a health promotion and how those characteristics are relevant to a larger target community.

Basic

Identifies demographic data of a chosen community.

Non Performance

Does not describe in detail the characteristics of a chosen community who will be the audience for a health promotion and how those characteristics are relevant to a larger target community.

Criterion 3

Explain why a health concern or need is important for health promotion within a community and population, supporting conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data.

Distinguished

Explains why a health concern or need is important for health promotion within a community and population, supporting conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data and based on a perceptive analysis of the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.

Proficient

Explains why a health concern or need is important for health promotion within a community and population, supporting conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data.

Basic

Describes a health concern or need that is important for health promotion within a community and population.

Non Performance

Does not explain why a health concern or need is important for health promotion within a community and population, supporting conclusions with relevant population health and demographic data.

Criterion 4

Establish health goals appropriate for a chosen individual or group of participants that are realistic, measurable, and attainable. 

Distinguished

Establishes health goals appropriate for a chosen individual or group of participants that are realistic, measurable, and attainable and anticipates potential input from the audience to develop goals that would be more likely to be adopted. 

Proficient

Establishes health goals appropriate for a chosen individual or group of participants that are realistic, measurable, and attainable. 

Basic

Establishes health goals, though it’s unclear how realistic, measurable, and attainable they are given the chosen individual or group of participants. 

Non Performance

Does not establish establishes health goals appropriate for a chosen individual or group of participants that are realistic, measurable, and attainable. 

Criterion 5

Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Distinguished

Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar/punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.

Proficient

Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Basic

Organizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contains errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Non Performance

Does not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and smooth transitions.

Criterion 6

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Distinguished

Exhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and paraphrases correctly.

Proficient

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Basic

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and references incorrectly and/or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes, and/or paraphrasing.

Non Performance

Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.

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