Community Health Systems Analysis For your Final Project, you will be conducting

Community Health Systems Analysis
For your Final Project, you will be conducting a truncated community health systems analysis on the town in which you live. Generally, these analyses typically take months to complete, and the resulting final report can easily exceed 20 pages in length. As you do not have the benefit of that time, you will be conducting a topic analysis based on existing information and conversations (i.e., phone, face-to-face, and email conversations) with those in positions of influence in your community. To assist you in your process, explore the Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning Web page. This Web page can provide many helpful tools and examples should be you become challenged on a particular requirement of this exercise.
In order to address the items in the directives for your final assignment, focus on the following requirements for your Final Project (much of this information can be pulled from previous assignments and discussions you have completed for this class):
Greatest strengths and need areas of Orange County, North Carolina, how you assessed the areas of strength and need, and the priority for the need areas
Strongest and weakest health participants in Orange County, North Carolina (e.g., hospitals, clinics, etc.)
Existing community programs inOrange County, North Carolina that likely cost the most and likely cost the least
Most effective and least effective community health programs in Orange County, North Carolina
Most effective and least effective local hospital health programs in Orange County, North Carolina
Factors in Orange County, North Carolina that exist to support your efforts (e.g., existing health coalitions, mayors support, etc.)
Challenges that Orange County, North Carolina faces in taking action (e.g., geographic location, population makeup, budget, etc.)
National organizations that would likely show interest in supporting your need areas
Describe how you collected data on the social and/or multiple determinants of health and/or health inequities in your analysis
Include how you would approach your local health department in Orange County, North Carolina with your findings
Include how you would disseminate your findings to the community
Include how you would engage community partners in your efforts
Describe how you would utilize quality improvement tools to sustain and/or maintain any changes you implement
Identify some areas for improvement in your Final Project
Identify the greatest strength of your Final Project
Identify the greatest challenge in completing your Final Project
For your community health systems analysis you will
Identify community strengths and areas for improvement.
Identify the status of community health needs.
Define improvement areas to guide the community towards population-based strategies that create a healthier environment (e.g., increased physical activity, improved nutrition, reduced tobacco use and exposure, and chronic disease management).
Prioritize community needs, and consider appropriate allocation of available resources.
The Final Project
Must be nine to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must include introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Must use at least eight sources that are scholarly or governmental. Be sure to integrate your research rather than simply inserting it.
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

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