| Much of the practice of community health nursing involves client education
to promote health, prevent illness, enhance self care and minimize the
effects of health problems. Over the semester you will develop a
hralth promotion project in the practice component of the course.
The aim of the project is that you actually conduct a health promotion
activity with an individual in your practice setting. As you evolve your
project through the stages of assessment, design, implementation and evaluation
we will discuss these developments within the group.
Utilize the following guidelines to help you develop your health promotion
activity.
1. Select
one health promotion area from the list below:
Nutrition: Promoting Healthy Eating
Nutrition: Decreasing Risk of Obesity
Chronic Disease: Diabetes - Recognition
Chronic Disease: Diabetes - Self-management
Health Risk: Hypertension: Recognition
Health Risk: Hypertension: Self-Management
Thoroughly research the area you have selected. Start broadly, examining
epidemiology, risk groups, demographic issues, health significance,
disease process,
and recommended health promotion activities. Focus the broad health
promotion area you
have selected to make it more specific to your proposed audience.
Write 500 words about your
topic incorporating the research you have done. Make sure you reference
using APA style.
(TOPIC RESEARCH- 30 Points )
2.
Identify a target audience for your health promotion activity drawn from
your knowledge of the
cultural aggregates within the rural practice setting used for this
course. Write 500 words
documenting your assessment of topic related learning
needs, the cultural environment and of
individuals within the aggregate group you have selected.
(ASSESSMENT STAGE - 20 Points)
3.
Develop two or three specific outcome objectives that you expect alearner
to accomplish as a
result of your health promotion activity and discuss the learning domains
and learning tasks involved
in the presentation. Create a table to present the objectives, associated
content, teaching
strategies/materials and evaluation. Prepare your teaching materials.
(DESIGN STAGE - 30 Points)
4.
Implement your health promotion activity with at least one individual within
the practice setting
demonstrating evidence of your preparation, organization, and ability
to tailor it to the situation.
Write a reflective journal of about 500 words reviewing this process including
what you felt were the
strengths and weaknesses of your session. Outline how you would revise
your health promotion
activity and why you would make the proposed changes.
(IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION - 20 Points)
TOTAL = 100 Points
You are required to submit all documentation associated
with your health promotion activity.
Include your work from all 4 areas of the guidelines
presented above. Your approach
should be scholarly and reflect appropriate synthesis
of and reference to literature
throughout each of the four required stages.
Include use of APA format for
referencing. The submission date for presenting
your entire and complete health promotion
activity is 12 Noon July 17, 2000.
Late submissions will be penalized (- 3 marks per day).
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