3-1 Nursing Journal: Public Health in Your Community

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Chapter 2 of the text discusses measuring health in the population and identifying contributing factors (determinants) behind the statistics. This assignment asks you to apply chapter concepts to your community. In a journal entry, answer the following questions about your community:
What is the overall health picture in your community? Use these steps to investigate:
http://www(dot)countyhealthrankings(dot)org/app/new-jersey/2017/rankings/bergen/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot
Go to County Health Rankings and find your county. Click on your state and then your county.
You will find a variety of health statistics to analyze. Scan the data and see if you can make connections between the numbers (patterns, causes, and effects).
Get a sense of problematic issues and positive statistics. Identify at least one problematic and one positive statistic (e.g., trends).
What types of public health activities are there in your community? You can also use your own knowledge of the community. List at least two services or activities.
In your journal entry, record what you find and add your thoughts about the physical, social, and individual determinants (influences) that impact these statistics. What about your community seems to contribute to the health status of its citizens, for both good and bad?
Be sure to answer all of the above questions, and add your thoughts on influences. You can use paragraphs or bullet points.