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Risk Factors for Poor Health Status

Risk Factors for Poor Health Status

Literature Review

Risk Factors for Poor Health Status

Identify at least one other risk factor besides race/ethnicity, SES, and health insurance coverage, associated with poor health or adverse health outcomes. Do a library search and find and read a recent (3-5 years) peer-reviewed journal article (do NOT use a web page or entry on a website such as Healthy People – you will not receive credit if you do not use a professional journal article). Do not use an article already chosen by another student.

Post a summary of the article (5-6 sentences) as well as a brief description of what you learned or your critical reflections of the article. Provide the full citation and links (or the PDF) for the article so that others may access it.

Requirements: 150   |   .doc file

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Myths and Misconceptions and Personal Care and Home Health Services

Myths and Misconceptions and Personal Care and Home Health Services

Discussion 1

Myths and Misconceptions

There are diverse and several individuals that break the mold when it comes to the myths and misconceptions that fuel our view of this segment of the population.

Instructions:

1. Read the Story of Joe and then think about your own elderly person that can break the mold. SEE ATTACHMENT FOR STORY

Tell “your own story” of how a member of the elderly population changed your perception of what the elderly are all about

2. Write your own story about someone you know that is elderly, or possibly, just someone that “can break the mold” that was the intention of the original ACES material.

Discussion 2

Personal Care and Home Health Services

1. Read the scenario attached for discussion 2.

2. Answer the following questions as thoroughly and concisely as possible:

a. Describe the typical worker that will help Patty with her daily needs.

b. What types of services will Patty’s formal caregivers likely provide?

c. What are some of the challenges that her direct care worker may experience?

Your response should be:

    • At least one (1) page PER DQ
    • Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting, and spacing standards
    • At least 1 reference to support response no older than 5 years

Requirements: 2 to 3 paragraphs per response

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Population Health Question

Population Health Question

Please read the designated chapters in your resource for this Week 5 assignment. This is an integrative assignment. Please also review the resources you used for Weeks 3 and 4, as they will also be useful in this integrative assignment. A review of the assignments for Weeks 3 and 4 may also be useful.

This assignment has three parts:

Part 1: Insights Summary

Prepare a summary of what you believe to be the three most important insights gleaned from the Chapters you read in the resource SAGE Mixed Methods Research.

Part 2: Data Surveys

Select three national quantitative data surveys that address a specific population health problem. Identify each by name, intended purpose, and the reference source.

Part 3: Assessment Instruments

What qualitative assessment instrument or instruments will complement your choice of quantitative data surveys? That is what qualitative approach you would use to reinforce or highlight the need for an intervention in your community. Recall that you learned how national quantitative databases are frequently used along with local qualitative studies to reinforce the relevance of a proposed intervention. Here are a few suggested topics where the quantitative/qualitative approach have been successfully used.

Length: 3-5 pages (all parts), not including title and reference pages

References: Include a minimum of one scholarly resource or one government website

Requirements: 3-5 PAGES

Please include the references listed?

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Advance Nurse practitioner- Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ

Advance Nurse practitioner- Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ

  • Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?
  • At least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources

Requirements: 500 words

Below articles/websites could be of help:

  2. Explore/View the website(s) below:

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Develop a Population Health Management Strategy

Develop a Population Health Management Strategy

In this assignment, you are to determine the most effective strategy or strategies for managing the health of a population. Remember, that the term intervention is used interchangeably with the term strategy.

Using your text and the resources for this week, identify PHM strategies designed as interventions for three chronic diseases (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity). If you are currently employed in a position where you are involved with the management of chronic diseases, you may select one or two from your place of employment. The third must come from this week’s resources. Once this process is completed, please do the following:

  • Identify the chronic disease you have selected and cite the resource.
  • Identify and describe the intervention(s).
  • Explain your reason for using the intervention(s).
  • Discuss how you plan to implement the intervention(s).
  • Identify at least one challenge of implementing the intervention(s).
  • You should allow one to one-and-a-half pages for each chronic disease selected.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

Requirements: 3-5 PAGES, MUST REF SOURCES PROVIDED INCLUDING PHM COMPONENTS 3&4,

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