Child abuse and neglect

For this assignment, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.

Potential topics may include:

• Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect
• Preventing falls in the elderly
• Reducing population salt intake
• Reducing tobacco use among adults
• Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults
• Reducing drug experimentation among young adults

Include the following in your paper:

• Introduction:
  • Provide an overview of the community health issue as described in Part A with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.
  • Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.
  • Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.
  • You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).
• Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.
• Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positively affect the selected issue.
• Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.
• Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.
• Conclusion:
  • A summary of the goals and challenges
  • An assessment of the outlook for action/progress
• Appendix A: Include your community assessment from Week 3 as Appendix A.

Your paper should be 3–5 pages in length (not including the cover or reference pages). Use APA throughout.

Include 2–3 scholarly sources that are carefully selected and appropriate to the topic. References should be current—no more than four years old.

Answer preview

There have been changes and advancements in the healthcare sector to address the issue of limited access to care. For instance, the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) was launched to address public health issues at the community level by fostering partnerships among different stakeholders. More community health centers have been developed to enhance the accessibility to healthcare services. Through technological advancement, telehealth and digital health solutions, for instance, providing virtual health consultation services, and monitoring patients remotely, have helped overcome geographical barriers. (Lacounty.gov, 2020).

Strategic Plan That Could Decrease the Prevalence of Limited Access to Care in L.A.

The strategic plan aims to enhance access to quality and affordable healthcare services to the populations that cannot access care, in this case, the Latinos, blacks, and other low-income earners. This is a five-year plan as some strategies will take form gradually while others may take a shorter period to achieve.

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