Population-Focused Assessment and Intervention

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Table of Contents

Population-Focused Nursing Diagnosis
Planning and Evaluating a Population-Focused Intervention
Action Steps
Evaluation of Action Plan

Assessment data was gathered by interviewing a nurse practitioner working at Hope House. The data already gathered is enough to support our work throughout the semester, though it may be important to analyze documented data from the local and state health departments to develop an adequate understanding of the health issues affecting vulnerable populations such as the homeless and women who live in shelters.

Findings from our population-focused assessment indicated that residents of the shelter home suffer from several health issues such as smoking, wounds, COPD, Hepatitis C, diabetes, STDs, HIV/AIDs, and eye problems. Mental health problems and substance abuse were also cited as major health concerns for the residents, who totaled 90 in number (45 men and 45 women with children). Other health issues that arose from the assessment include lack of health insurance, low health literacy levels due to lack of health resources, lack of primary care providers, and lack of nutritional food. Furthermore, the assessment revealed that around 70% of women in the shelter do not know much about the health of their children and lack adequate parenting skills. Yeast and skin infections, toy safety, lack of baby diapers, and lack of a balanced diet formed major health concerns for the children in the shelter. Lastly, several needs of the population residing in the shelter (e.g., toiletries, clothes, backpacks and school supplies) were not being adequately met.

Population-Focused Nursing Diagnosis

The priority nursing diagnoses developed from the assessment findings include (1) knowledge deficit related to little access to women and infant health information and (2) inadequate parenting skills noted in most of the mothers residing in Hope House.

Planning and Evaluating a Population-Focused Intervention

Intervention Plan

Community Focus Area: Maternal and child health literacy for women residing in the shelter
Collaborating Organization(s) Group(s): Local health centers, local NGOs, church, public health department, schools, Hope House, child health experts, and nutrition officials

Overall Objective

Increasing the knowledge on maternal and child health in the shelter with the view to assisting women to make superior health choices and take better care of their children

Action Steps

Action Steps	By Whom	By When	Resources and Support Available/Needed	Communication Plan for Implementation
What needs to be done?	Who will take action? Which group member is responsible for ensuring this is done	By what date will the action be done?	What are the resources available/needed to complete this project	What individuals and organizations should be informed about/involved with these actions?
Step 1: Health literacy assessment in the shelter to get important insights on health literacy levels	Member 1	Week 7	Health literacy screening toolkit; documented health reports from the shelter	Nurses at the shelter; Hope House; Public Health Department
Step 2: Enlightening the women about the importance of health information based on the noted health needs in the assessment	Member 2	Week 8	Health education materials; motivational speakers; projectors; posters, banners and flyers on identified health needs affecting women in the shelter	Local health centers, NGOs, church, Hope House, and public health officials
Step 3: Enlightening the mothers on the importance of their childrens health	Member 3	Week 9	Health education materials; motivational speakers; projectors; posters, banners and flyers on identified health needs affecting children in the shelter	Local health centers, NGOs, child experts, Hope House, and public health officials
Step 4: Appraising women on the issues presented by pregnancy and childbirth; providing specific information on diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, STDs, HIV/AIDS, and COPD	Member 4	Week 10	Health education materials on specific diseases; motivational speakers; posters with specific information on identified diseases affecting women in the shelter	Local health centers, NGOs, church, Hope House, and public health officials
Step 5:Educating women on effective child rearing and parenting styles; ways to ensure that children remain healthy	Member 5	Week 11	Children-specific health education materials; motivational speakers	Child health experts; school heads and teachers; Hope House; nurses at the shelter
Step 6: Educating women on the proper nutritional/dietary habits for their children	Member 6	Week 12	Nutrition education materials; demonstration experts	Nutrition experts; public health officials; Hope house; local NGOs; church
Step 7: Summarizing the learning from week 8 to week 12 to refresh participants minds and reinforce understanding	All Members	Week 13	Summary of the educational materials and topics covered from the beginning to the end of the session	Nurses at the shelter; Hope House
Step 8: Assessment of the participants understanding	All Members	Week 14	Assessment tools (e.g., questionnaires) and interviewers	Hope House; nurses at the shelter to assist in the collection of assessment data

Evaluation of Action Plan

Design a plan for how the intervention/project would be evaluated

Measurable outcomes	Method and Tools for Measuring	Responsibility	Timelines
Level of understanding of common health problems affecting mothers in the shelter	Survey method; Lickert-type scales contained in a questionnaire	Data collection and analysis	Week 14
How health status (maternal and child) has changed after the intervention	Survey method; Lickert-type scales contained in a questionnaire	Data collection and analysis	Week 14
Level of understanding of childrens health and proper parenting styles	Survey method; Lickert-type scales contained in a questionnaire	Data collection and analysis	Week 14
Capacity to make better health choices after intervention	Survey method; Lickert-type scales contained in questionnaire	Data collection and analysis	Week 14

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