Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Homeless in Hillsborough County, Florida

I CHOSE DIAGNOSIS PATIENT COPD DUE TO CHRONIC SMOKING:POPULATION TO BE HOMELESS VETERANS WHO SMOKE AND DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. USE THE PAMPHLET ATTACHED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT. I ATTACHED A STUDENT SAMPLE.PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

University of South Florida

College of Nursing

NUR 4634C Population Health

The Community Assessment and Collaborator Mini-Paper Assignment

This is a two part assignment to be submitted together:

Part one: The purpose of the Community Assessment Mini-Paper is to provide a guided and open inquiry based assignment to assess a population that you encounter in your work setting in order to form the foundation for an in-depth understanding of cultural, "racial," linguistic, gender, and social diversity in modern societies. (Incorporate your clinical time as you assess your community and speak to the community stakeholders)

Part two: The Inventory is to help you discover resources that are available to benefit the populations you serve or assess. As you write this paper, you should consider the work you have completed so far and further assess the population you discussed in your first discussion board assignment. Also, be sure to log any clinical immersion hours that you use as you answer these questions (we would expect as many as 6-10 hours).

Below you will find the required elements of this assignment.

Part one: You will use the Windshield Survey on page 11.1 in Anderson & McFarlane as a guide.

1. Discuss 2 key elements of each of the Community Core, Subsystems, and Perceptions assessment as they relate to your population. [This may help you to focus on your plans for the Capstone Paper.] 
   1. For example, you may be looking at older women residing in the Temple Terrace area of Hillsborough County. For the Core, you would have county data for demographics, etc. but will need a closer look for history, what restaurants etc. are in the area…signs of cultural groups etc.
   2. Incorporate key core data (using the relevant demographic and ethnicity data you found in Module 1) and describe the significance to the selected population using two (2) relevant, current peer reviewed references.

Part two: Use the template to describe the potential resources and collaborators in the community that are available to your population of interest. Chapter 11 will also help you to consider different options. You will also want to do a site visit as part of your clinical experience (for example: What education information does the agency provide? Are there agencies working directly with your case managers that you do not know about?)

1. Using the template, describe the population you are considering in two to three sentences.
2. Identify at least 5 community resources that you believe could be of value. Complete the table in the template. You certainly may focus on health and social services but we would like you to really personalize it to your own practice.
3. Write two to three paragraphs as a reflection of your findings. For example:
   1. What gaps or barriers do you identify in terms of existing care/services?
   2. What are the credentials of the providers at the agencies? Volunteer? Professional?
   3. Are there ongoing sources of financial support to keep the agency in tact?
   4. Are the missions congruent with what you are able to assess?
   5. Would any of these agencies be good collaborators as you plan for your capstone project?

Remember, this paper should be between 5-7 pages (not including the title page and reference pages). You will not be able to cover every area of the windshield survey, just the area that is of your interest. All submissions are expected to be well written, with proper grammar and spelling. Please provide any references that you use to provide evidence as noted in the instructions. Review the rubric before submission.

NOTE: Make sure to reference your sources (including your textbook) and your personal communications (see APA manual page 179). May use pseudonyms.

Community Inventory Assessment-Suggested outline

1.        I.            Intro
   1. Discuss your population of choice
      1.                                                               i.      General and pathophysiology description –why choose this population?
      2.                                                             ii.      Incidence nationwide or worldwide to frame the problem globally
2. Purpose of the paper/assessment-layout the specifics as described in the directions
3.     II.            What is a community assessment
   1. Overview and definition
   2.  III.            Windshield survey elements-supplement your observations with census, police reports, school stats, chamber of commerce etc. as noted in the book page. 177
      1. Community Core
         1.                                                               i.      Community demographics related to the population selected
4. Subsystems
   1.                                                               i.      Select two of the elements and describe based on your assessment and observations of the community
5. Perceptions
   1.                                                               i.      Address some of the questions in the survey with local residents. Be sure to use APA citations for personal interviews
   2.  IV.            Template-Research local agencies and complete the required columns in the table
   3.     V.            Reflect on the findings as outlined on the instructions
   4.  VI.            Conclusion
      1. Relate findings back to your population of interest and synopsis of community.

VII.     Reference page