Distinguish Foundations in Population Health and the Nurse’s Role
Distinguish Foundations in Population Health and the Nurse’s Role
NJM1 — NJM1 TASK 1: PROPOSED POPULATION-BASED
INTERVENTION
GLOBAL AND POPULATION HEALTH — D224
PRFA — NJM1
COMPETENCIES
738.7.1 : Distinguish Foundations in Population Health and the Nurse’s Role
The learner distinguishes between global, public, and population health for improved health outcomes.
738.7.2 : Identify Social Determinants of Health
The learner identifies social determinants of health (SDOH) and interventions for equitable healthcare
improvements.
738.7.3 : Identify Epidemiological Data Sources
The learner identifies epidemiological data sources that inform population health interventions.
738.7.4 : Identify Global Health Trends
The learner identifies the effect of global health trends on healthcare capacity that inform service
modification decisions in healthcare.
738.7.5 : Evaluate Population Health Interventions
The learner evaluates population health solutions for environmental health effects.
INTRODUCTION
Your 55 hours of field experience will expose you to population needs and health trends. This frontline
exposure will allow you to identify a subpopulation affected by social determinants of health (SDOH). During
the indirect portion of your field experience, you will perform a virtual assessment
In this task, you will collect and review data from the windshield survey within the D224 course or from
online sources (e.g., citydata.com, hospital community assessments, department of public health sites) to
identify an at-risk subpopulation within your local town, county, or city and a social determinant of health
(SDOH) concern. (Web links to some of these data sources have been attached in the Web Links section.)
You will then provide a written report outlining assessment findings, identified SDOH, and proposed
evidence-based interventions to address the SDOH.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
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sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used
as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless
specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted
as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Describe a local town, city, or county and a subpopulation at risk within that area based on your review of
data, and support your description with two credible sources. Your description should include the
following information:
- the size of the community and the specific subpopulation
- gender
- age
- race
- income
- educational level
- percentage living in poverty
- crime rates
- occupations
- access to healthcare, transportation, and food sources
- health and nutrition rates
- Describe environmental concerns (e.g., water quality, air quality, sanitation, superfund sites, hazardous
waste, environmental toxins, natural disasters, vulnerability to heat/cold) relevant to the
subpopulation. - Discuss how the demographics (i.e., race, gender, ethnicity, age) of the identified subpopulation
compare with the larger community population, and discuss how data supports the health concern
for this subpopulation.
B. Identify one social determinant of health (SDOH) affecting the subpopulation described in part A. - Explain how this SDOH is affecting the subpopulation described in part A. Your explanation should
address the following questions and be supported with local, state, or national data:
- What is the biggest contributor to disease (morbidity) and premature death (mortality) in the
community? - What are the controversial community health concerns discussed in a local newspaper or a local
online resource (e.g., online newspaper or blog, hospital website, county health department site)? - What do you believe people in the community are most concerned about related to health?
- What is generating the most visits to the emergency room or hospital admissions in the
community? - Based on the collected data, what do you believe is reducing the quality of life in the community?
C. Describe two resources currently available to the subpopulation that address the SDOH in part B.
D. Describe two resources that are needed to address the SDOH for the subpopulation described in part A.
- Explain why each resource from part D is needed.
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E. Discuss an evidence-based intervention to address the gap between the available healthcare resources
and the resources needed to address the SDOH. Include one scholarly, evidence-based source published
within the last five years to support the discussion.
- Explain how this evidence-based intervention will decrease the resource gap, including one specific
example.
Note: This intervention could include policy development, resource development, population
education, etc.
F. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized.
G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! -_. * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
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RUBRIC
A:DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION AND SUBPOPULATION
A1:ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include
a description of any location or
population.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission does not de-
scribe either a town, city, or
county or an at-risk subpopula-
tion within that area. Or the de-
scription is missing 1 or more of
the given points. Or the descrip-
tion is not supported by 2
sources, or 1 or both sources are
not credible.
COMPETENT
The submission describes a town,
city, or county and an at-risk sub-
population within that area
based on a review of the data.
The description includes the size
of the community and the spe-
cific subpopulation, the average
gender, age, race, income, and ed-
ucational level. The description
includes the percentage living in
poverty, crime rates, occupa-
tions, access to healthcare, trans-
portation, and food sources, and
health and nutrition rates. The
description is supported by 2
credible sources.
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A2:COMPARISON
B:SDOH
B1:SUBPOPULATION IMPACT
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not de-
scribe environmental concerns.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission describes envi-
ronmental concerns, but the
concerns are not relevant to the
subpopulation described in part
A.
COMPETENT
The submission describes envi-
ronmental concerns relevant to
the subpopulation described in
part A.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion comparing popula-
tions is not provided.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The discussion does not com-
pare the demographics of the
subpopulation with the larger
community population, or the
discussion does not logically ad-
dress how data supports the
health concerns for the
subpopulation.
COMPETENT
The discussion compares the
subpopulation’s demographics
with the demographics of the
larger community population and
logically addresses how data sup-
ports the health concerns for the
subpopulation.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not iden-
tify an SDOH.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission identifies 1
SDOH, but it is not relevant to
the subpopulation in part A.
COMPETENT
The submission identifies 1 rele-
vant SDOH affecting the subpop-
ulation in part A.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not pro-
vide an explanation of how the
identified SDOH affects the sub-
population described in part A.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission explains how
the identified SDOH is affecting
the subpopulation in part A, but
the details of the explanation
are not relevant to the identified
subpopulation. Or the explana-
tion is not supported with local,
state, or national data. Or the
COMPETENT
The submission explains how the
SDOH affects the subpopulation
in part A, and the details are rele-
vant to the identified subpopula-
tion. The explanation is sup-
ported by local, state, or national
data and addresses all the given
questions.
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C:AVAILABLE RESOURCES
D:NEEDED RESOURCES
D1:RESOURCES EXPLANATION
E:EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION
explanation does not address all
the given questions.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not de-
scribe 2 resources.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission describes 2 re-
sources, but the resources are
not relevant or not currently
available to the subpopulation.
Or the resources would not ad-
dress the SDOH identified in
part B. Or the description in-
cludes inaccuracies.
COMPETENT
The submission accurately de-
scribes 2 relevant resources cur-
rently available to the subpopu-
lation, and the resources would
address the SDOH identified in
part B.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not de-
scribe 2 resources to address
the SDOH affecting the
subpopulation.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission describes 2 re-
sources, but 1 or both resources
are either not specific or would
not plausibly address the SDOH
affecting the subpopulation. Or
the description includes
inaccuracies.
COMPETENT
The submission accurately de-
scribes 2 specific resources that
are needed to plausibly address
the SDOH affecting the subpopu-
lation described in part A.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not explain
why resources are needed.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission does not logi-
cally explain why each resource
described in part D are needed
to address the SDOH affecting
the subpopulation.
COMPETENT
The submission logically explains
why each resource described in
part D are needed to address the
SDOH affecting the
subpopulation.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of an evidence-
based intervention is not
provided.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The discussion of a specific evi-
dence-based intervention is not
supported with examples or
COMPETENT
The discussion accurately ad-
dresses an evidence-based inter-
vention related to the gap be-
tween the available healthcare
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E1:RESOURCE GAP
F:APA SOURCES
G:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
does not relate to the gap be-
tween the available healthcare
resources and the resources
needed to address the SDOH.
Or the discussion contains inac-
curacies. Or the discussion is not
supported by a scholarly evi-
dence-based source, or the pro-
vided source is from more than
5 years ago.
resources and the resources
needed to address the SDOH.
The evidence-based intervention
is supported by 1 scholarly evi-
dence-based source published
within the last 5 years.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not pro-
vide an explanation of how the
resource gap will be decreased.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission does not logi-
cally explain how the evidence-
based intervention will decrease
the resource gap, or the expla-
nation does not include a spe-
cific example.
COMPETENT
The submission logically explains
how the evidence-based inter-
vention will decrease the re-
source gap, including a specific
example.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include
in-text citations and references
according to APA style for con-
tent that is quoted, paraphrased,
or summarized.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submission includes in-text
citations and references for con-
tent that is quoted, paraphrased,
or summarized but does not
demonstrate a consistent appli-
cation of APA style.
COMPETENT
The submission includes in-text
citations and references for con-
tent that is quoted, paraphrased,
or summarized and demon-
strates a consistent application
of APA style.
NOT EVIDENT
Content is unstructured, is dis-
jointed, or contains pervasive
errors in mechanics, usage, or
grammar. Vocabulary or tone is
unprofessional or distracts from
the topic.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
Content is poorly organized, is
difficult to follow, or contains er-
rors in mechanics, usage, or
grammar that cause confusion.
Terminology is misused or
ineffective.
COMPETENT
Content reflects attention to de-
tail, is organized, and focuses on
the main ideas as prescribed in
the task or chosen by the learner.
Terminology is pertinent, is used
correctly, and effectively conveys
the intended meaning.
Mechanics, usage, and grammar
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WEB LINKS
City Data
CDC Public Health Professional Gateway
Links to state and territorial health departments
CDC Social Determinants of Health
Information about SDOH
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