Define Your Community Assignment

Student Name:_________________________________ Date:____________________________

Section I: Utilize this template to provide a guided overview of your community. Use substantive examples to support each section. Please reference all content, including in-text citations, for any material found outside the provided reference.

Section I: Community Overview

Using professional literature, (not a dictionary) Discuss community from public health nursing perspective?

Give an overview of your community.

(250-300-word minimum)

***Remember that community specific data is not common knowledge to all and therefore require a supportive reference/citation.

Why are social determinants of health (SDOH) important to address? Why are these important to community health nursing?

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

Healthy People 2030- 5 Domains of SDOH

-Select 2 Objectives under each of the 5 SDOH provided on the website above. Address how your community currently meeting these needs from each of the 5 domains below. 50-100 words per objective

Economic Stability

Economic Stability Objective #1:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Economic Stability Objective #2:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Neighborhood and Built Environment

Neighborhood and Built Environment Objective #1:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Neighborhood and Built Environment Objective #2:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Health Care Access and Quality

Health Care Access and Quality Objective #1:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Health Care Access and Quality Objective #2:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Education Access and Quality

Education Access and Quality Objective #1:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Education Access and Quality Objective #2:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Social and Community Context

Social and Community Context Objective #1:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Social and Community Context Objective #2:

Community Focus (50-100 words):

Section II: Data/Observation Analysis:

1. What is your overall impression of the community? (150-200 words)

2. Describe and support 3 areas where your community is doing well at meeting the health care needs of the community.

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3. In relation to the community health findings in this template and SDOH, what are the community’s weaknesses/ challenges/problems? (150-200 words)

4. Based on one of your identified weaknesses in question 3, propose something that could be done to address this SDOH from a community health nursing perspective. (150-200 words)

References

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Social determinants of

health. Healthy People 2030. https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-

areas/social-determinants-health