Research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.

Potential topics may include:

• Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect

• Preventing falls in the elderly

• Reducing population salt intake

• Reducing tobacco use among adults

• Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults

• Reducing drug experimentation among young adults

Include the following in your paper:

• Introduction:

  • Provide an overview of the community health issue as described in Part A with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.

    • Part A: Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in your community.

      In your community assessment paper, include the following:

      • Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).

      • Refer to Table 8-3: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).

      • Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm ways of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).

  • Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.

  • Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.

  • You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).

• Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.

• Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positivelyaffect the selected issue.

• Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.

• Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, andtime-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.