Essay Community Health Report – Health-Related Issue – Nursing Assignment Help

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Students will undertake a psychosocial assessment of the City of Horizon. Students will choose ONE health-related issue from the list provided and discuss its implications for the Horizon community. In addition, consider the roles of the Registered Nurse in advocating, mediating and enabling health promotion in the discussion.

Use the template provided on the learnonline site to complete your report. The report will contain the following:

Introduction (250 words): The introduction should introduce the purpose and objectives of the report using relevant literature and outline the structure of the report including scope and limitations.

Part A: Psychosocial Assessment (1000 words): In Part A your task is to complete a psychosocial assessment of the City of Horizon. Your assessment will include an analysis of the social, cultural and psychological factors that impact upon the health of the community such as, education level, employment, occupations, income, housing, transport, communication networks, volunteer groups, social support services, community groups and organisations, health and emergency services, law enforcement and government and leadership arrangements.

Part B: Health-related issue (500 words): Select ONE (1) of the health-related issues for the Horizon community from the list below. Explain how it is linked to the social determinants of health and why it is of concern for the Horizon community taking into consideration your psychosocial assessment. Refer to at least two (2) sources of academic literature to inform your responses.

• Health-related Issue 1: Chronic Disease 
• Health-related Issue 2: Mental Health 
• Health-related Issue 3: Accidents and Injury 
• Health-related Issue 4: Climate Change 

Part C: The role of the Registered Nurse in health promotion (500 words): Define each of the 3 key strategies of enablement, advocacy and mediation. Describe how each of these strategies can be used by the Registered Nurse to respond to the health-related issue for the Horizon Community. Refer to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO 1986), the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (NMBA 2016) and at least two (2) sources of academic literature to inform your responses.

Conclusion (250 words): The conclusion should provide a summary of key points, indicate the significance of the information in the report and outline any recommendations. It should demonstrate what you have learnt in relation to community health or public health.