18 Nov Assignment #1 – Part 2 – Global Health Issue Paper: Health Issue Discussion
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Assignment #1 – Part 2 – Global Health Issue Paper: Health Issue Discussion
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This assignment is part two of the three-part paper assignment. After students select a specific issue pertaining to a low-income country, they are required to write about the issue. In this part of the assignment, students should introduce the health issue of the selected country including its significance and relevance to global health. Students should utilize the content covered in the course and conduct additional research to inform about the issue, its impact, systems and social determinants of health that influence its outcomes, its impact on the global disease burden, demographics affected, etc.). This paper should be a maximum of 2 pages. Papers should be thorough, complete, and thoughtful to indicate that you have read, examined, and can apply the concepts in the readings.
Assignment 1, Part 2 Outline
1) Introduction
a) Brief description of the health issue selected
b) Significance/prevalence of the selected health issue in the country selected
2) Impact
a) Influence of social determents of health for topic/country;
b) Influence of culture for topic/country medical decision making/health care/etc.;
c) Influence of the country’s health system & policies on the identified health issue;
d) Impact of this issue on global health; and,
e) How the selected issue impacts current and future global health care needs.
This activity aligns with:
Course Outcome 1. Discuss the importance of historical events and initiatives and their influence on global health issues in order to understand current and anticipate future health care trends based on changing demographic trends, emerging technologies, and disease burdens.
Course Outcome 2. Design a plan for providing culturally appropriate nursing care that includes health promotion, and disease and injury prevention interventions to improve health outcomes for diverse global populations.
Course Outcome 3. Examine the impact of cultural and environmental barriers on major communicable and non-communicable diseases on various global populations to identify current and future health care needs for a defined population.
Course Outcome 4. Analyze diverse health care systems to evaluate their impacts on the health of populations
AACN BSN Essential I.1: Integrate theories and concepts from liberal education into nursing practice
AACN BSN Essential I.5: Apply knowledge of social and cultural factors to the care of diverse populations
AACN BSN Essential I.8: Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system.
AACN BSN Essential II.12: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change.
AACN BSN Essential IV.9: Apply patient care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population.
AACN BSN Essential VII.3: Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
AACN BSN Essential VII.4: Use behavioral change techniques to promote health and manage illness.
AACN BSN Essential VII.7: Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and patients to provide spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and disease and injury prevention interventions.
AACN BSN Essential VIII.4: Demonstrate professionalism, including attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries with patients and families as well as among caregivers.
AACN BSN Essential VIII.5: Demonstrate an appreciation of the history of and contemporary issues in nursing and their impact on current nursing practice.
AACN BSN Essential VIII.9: Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations on the care of the very young, frail older adults, and other vulnerable populations.
AACN BSN Essential IX.6: Implement patient and family care around resolution of end of life and palliative care issues, such as symptom management, support of rituals, and respect for patient and family preferences.
AACN BSN Essential IX.17: Develop a beginning understanding of complementary and alternative modalities and their role in health care.
AACN BSN Essential IX.18: Develop an awareness of patients as well as healthcare professionals’ spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care.
