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For this assignment you will continue to build upon the community assessment that you began earlier in the course. Expanding upon what you have already learned about your chosen census tract (Douglasville, GA), you will apply theory and develop a plan to address problems in your community (Douglasville, GA).
In a 3- to 4-page essay, post your response to the following:
- Identify 2 community diagnoses for your census tract (Douglasville, GA).
- Develop a plan for the community health nurse to address each problem in this local neighborhood.
- Use findings from 2 research articles (for each problem), as well as your textbook to support your plan. Be very specific about how your plan could be implemented in this local neighborhood.
- Discuss the consistency of your findings and plan with those of Healthy People 2020.
- Describe how the interventions can be evaluated.
- Support your findings with examples and scholarly references.
- Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
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Community Assessment at Douglasville
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When seeking a complete process of community diagnosis, an assessment and listing
of community resources, and strengths, is vital, to allow appropriate plans without
duplicating services. This article examines health nutrition, and family counselling and
sensitization, as a method of community diagnoses which can be used in Douglasville,
community health plans that address health challenges in Douglasville, implementation of the
plan, the relevance and the consistency of the plan and the mechanism of evaluating the
intervention plans.
Identify two community diagnoses for your census tract (Douglasville, GA)
According to CDC (2013), Douglasville County has various health challenges such as
cancer, heart disease, stroke, obesity, accidents and high infant mortality rate. Obesity is more
rampant among the middle-aged and the old population, who practice poor nutritional habits,
and also fails to perform a regular physical exercise. In 2012, about 72 per cent of adults were
found with obesity in Douglasville County. Moreover, the Centre for Disease Control ranked
the area as the 8th county with the highest number of individuals with a sexually transmitted
disease such as syphilis, and gonorrhea. These challenges require active communi...
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