Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan
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Slide 1: Introduction
Title: Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan
Speaker Notes: The purpose of this presentation is to discuss an evidence-based population health improvement plan. This plan will focus on increasing access to healthcare services and reducing health disparities in a specific community.
Slide 2: Background Information
Speaker Notes: To establish an effective evidence-based population health improvement plan, it is essential to understand the context of the specific community. This includes understanding the demographics, socioeconomics, public policies, healthcare infrastructure, and other factors that influence the population’s overall health. Additionally, a current understanding of trends in healthcare utilization and disease prevalence can provide insight into where resources should be allocated for maximum benefit to the community.
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Slide 3: Components of an Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan
Speaker Notes: An evidence-based population health improvement plan typically consists of three components; a needs assessment, data analysis, and program development and implementation. The first step is conducting a comprehensive needs assessment which involves gathering information about the community’s current health status and identifying gaps in access to care or disparities in healthcare outcomes for vulnerable populations. Data analysis entails collecting data from various sources, such as medical records, surveys, and interviews with stakeholders to obtain an accurate picture of the current state of health in the community. Finally, program development and implementation involve developing strategies that address identified gaps or disparities based on evidence-based best practices for population health management.
Slide 4: Challenges & Opportunities
Speaker Notes: There are several challenges associated with implementing effective evidence-based population health improvement plans, including limited funding for healthcare services, lack of access to preventive care services due to transportation issues or cost barriers, inadequate staffing or expertise within existing healthcare organizations, competing priorities among stakeholders, cultural barriers that discourage specific populations from seeking care or engaging with healthcare providers. Several opportunities can be leveraged when creating an effective evidence-based population health improvement plan, such as utilizing existing infrastructure (e.g., public schools) as sites for delivering preventive care services and programs; utilizing technology (e.g., telemedicine) to increase access; leveraging partnerships between public entities (e.g., local government) and private sector organizations (e.g., philanthropic organizations); and engaging with diverse stakeholders (e.g., religious leaders) at all stages of planning/implementation activities in order to ensure broad buy-in from key decision makers within the community who have vested interests in improving population health outcomes for everyone living there.
Slide 5: Conclusion
Speaker Notes: In conclusion, implementing an effective evidence-based population health improvement plan requires a coordinated effort by multiple stakeholders as well as adequate resources, both financial and personnel-related, at every level – local, state, federal, etc. Achieving optimal results requires a combination of strategies tailored specifically to address identified gaps or disparities while leveraging existing resources/infrastructure where possible and engaging with all stakeholders throughout each phase, from initial planning to implementation activities.
QUESTION
Create a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation about an evidence-based population health improvement plan. WITH SPEAKER NOTES
Introduction
Master’s-level nurses need to be able to think critically about the evidence, outcomes data, and other relevant information they encounter throughout their daily practice. Often the evidence or information that a nurse encounters, researches, or studies is not presented in the exact context of that nurse’s practice. A key skill of the master’s-level nurse is to transfer evidence from the context in which it was presented and apply it to a different context in order to maximize the benefit to patients in that new context.
Professional Context
Master’s-level nurses need to be able to think beyond the bedside. It is important to research, synthesize, and apply evidence that will result in improved health outcomes for the communities and populations that are part of your care setting. Improving outcomes at a community or population level, even incrementally, can create noticeably significant, aggregate health improvements for patients across all of a care setting.
Scenario
Your organization has created an initiative to improve one of the pervasive and chronic health concerns of OBESITY in the community. You will need to do your own research to gather and evaluate the relevant data for your chosen issue.
Once you have created a presentation for the initiative, you have been asked to present to a group of community stakeholders. The purpose of your presentation is to inform and enlist support for the initiative from your audience.
Instructions
The optional Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan Presentation Template [PPTX] is provided to help you prepare your slides. If you choose to work without the template, consider referring to Creating a Presentation: A Guide to Writing and Speaking and Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations [PPTX].
The suggested headings for your presentation are:
Community Data Evaluation.
Meeting Community Needs.
Measuring Outcomes.
Communication Plan.
Evidence.
In your presentation, you will:
Evaluate the environmental and epidemiological data about your community so that you can determine a population health issue within a chosen community.
Identify the relevant data. This can be communicated in a table or chart.
Describe the major population health issue suggested by the data within your community.
Explain how environmental factors affect the health of community residents.
Identify the level of evidence, validity, and reliability for each source.
Develop an ethical health improvement plan with outcome criteria that addresses the population health issue that you identified in your evaluation.
Consider the environmental realities and challenges existing in the community.
Include interventions that will meet community needs.
Address potential barriers or misunderstandings related to various cultures prevalent in the community.
Propose criteria that can be used to evaluate the achievement of the plan’s outcomes for your population health improvement.
Explain why your proposed criteria are appropriate and useful measures of success.
Explain how you plan to apply strategies for communicating with community stakeholders and community members in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way about the development and administering of your population health improvement plan.
Identify the community stakeholders that are relevant to your Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan.
Develop a clear communication strategy that is mindful of the cultural and ethical expectations of colleagues and community members regarding data privacy.
Ensure that your strategy enables you to make complex medical terms and concepts understandable to members of the community regardless of disabilities, language, or level of education.
Explain the value and relevance of the resources you used as the basis for your population health improvement plan.
Explain why the evidence is valuable and relevant to the community health concern you are addressing.
Explain why each piece of evidence is appropriate and informs the goal of improving the health of the community.
Communicate the Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan in a professional, effective manner that encourages the community stakeholders to implement and sustain change.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of submission: 5–7 slides. Balance text with visuals. Avoid text-heavy slides. Use speaker’s notes for additional content.
Font and font size: Appropriate size and weight for a presentation, generally 24–28 points for headings; no smaller than 18 points for bullet-point text. Use a suitable professional typeface, such as Times or Arial, throughout the presentation.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your evaluation, recommendations, and plans. Current source material is defined as no older than five years unless it is a seminal work.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Apply evidence-based practice to design interventions to improve population health.
Evaluate the environmental and epidemiological data about a community to determine a population health issue.
Competency 3: Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based interventions.
Develop an ethical health improvement plan with outcome criteria that addresses the population health issue identified in the evaluation.
Explain the value and relevance of the resources used as the basis of a population health improvement plan.
Competency 5: Synthesize evidence-based practice and academic research to communicate effective solutions.
Explain a plan to apply strategies for communicating with community stakeholders and community members in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way about the development and implementation of the population health improvement plan.
Communicate the Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan in a professional, effective manner that engages the community stakeholders to implement and sustain change.
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.