health risks and needs of the vulnerable population
health risks and needs of the vulnerable population
Assignment Overview
Select a vulnerable population in your community. To do this, conduct a windshield survey in your community. A windshield survey is completed by observing a population by looking out of a window of your car (or a bus, or riding your bike) to identify a vulnerable population in your community. Conduct research on your chosen population via the Internet and by calling or visiting your local health department. Develop a PowerPoint presentation to communicate your observations and research. An example listing of vulnerable populations has been included for your consideration.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
- Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment
- Attend the instructor session to prepare for this assignment.
- Complete the Windshield survey.
- From the vulnerable population observed, research the population
- Identify the vulnerable population in detail.
- Identify health risks and needs of the vulnerable population.
- Identify resources that are available and those needed but not available.
- Describe service gaps/interventions that could be used (primary, secondary, tertiary) that could fill gaps in resources.
- Summarize your findings for each of the different categories.
- Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to communicate your observations and research.
- Include the proper file naming convention: PRN208_wk10_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy
- Vulnerable Populations to consider from the textbook:
Poor and homeless persons
Pregnant adolescents
Migrant workers and immigrants
Severely mentally ill individuals
Substance abusers
Abused individuals and victims of violence
Persons with communicable disease
People at risk of disease transmission
Persons who are HIV positive
Persons with Hepatitis B virus
Populations at risk of a sexually transmitted disease
Other suggestions:
Elderly
Children
Battered/abused women
Women with high risk pregnancies
Women with no risk to prenatal care
Recovering substance abuse
Substance abuse
Community Research PowerPoint
- Prepare a power point presentation that identifies each of the following.
- Include and introduction, citation and reference slide.
I. Population; Describe in detail: