Community Screening Program: Ashkenazi Jewish Community

Case Study
Bernard is a nursing student who is participating in a community nursing rotation in which he determines the health needs of an Ashkenazi Jewish community. Bernard learns about Tay-Sachs disease in his medical–surgical course and becomes interested in this disease and the populations it affects.
Bernard arranges with the community leaders to hold ophthalmological screenings for all children in the community. The diagnostic sign of Tay-Sachs disease is the presence of a cherry-red spot on the eye’s macula, and the disease is most prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population as the result of a genetic mutation. Bernard and the community leaders determine that the screening can lead to early detection and treatment of the fatal disease.
1. Bernard uses the community–locality development model to work with the community leaders. The community empowerment model is characterized as follows: (Select all that apply.)
A. A democratic decision-making process is used.
B. The model encourages self-help.
C. Voluntary cooperation from members is sought.
D. Leadership within the group is developed.
E. The model cures diseases and conditions.
F. The model fosters co-dependence.
2. What steps will Bernard take to plan the community screening program? Discuss.
3. Bernard needs to validate the screening data he has compiled with the community. How will Bernard validate the screening data? Discuss.