Paper 3 – Community Health Improvement Paper
Please see attached document for more details and interviews.
Purpose
Develop intervention(s) to improve health outcomes.
Instructions
1. Review the health care topic and selected community of focus, addressed in the Community Health Profile paper (Diabetes)
2. Perform a stakeholder analysis based on the health care topic.
3. Conduct a minimum of three key informant interviews.
4. Attend a minimum of one forum where the health care topic is addressed and/or the stakeholders convene.
5. Access the Minnesota Department of Health website and familiarize yourself with the intervention model (http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/wheel.html).
6. Access online resources for evidence based interventions that address the health care topic and the target population.
Guidelines for Paper
1. Outline:
a. Introduction
-Briefly discuss diabetes and pre-diabetes. What is the diagnostic criteria for diabetes and pre-diabetes.
b. Analysis of the health care topic within the context of the community profile, stakeholder analysis, interviews, and forum participation
-Explore statics of diabetes in Buncombe County. Reference the CDC, NC state center of health statistics, and the Buncombe county annual report. Links are listed below.
-Discuss the community based-based diabetes prevention & self-management programs in Buncombe County (see PDF attached). Reference the PDF as being developed by the Community Health Improvement Project). The document was developed April of 2017 and has not been uploaded to the CHIP website. The document was given to me during an informant interview of L.F. Please discuss and reference CHIP. Please discuss and reference ABCCM.
-Interviews and forum participation are on the attached document. You may modify, embellish Please cite and reference correctly. Transition to based on informant interview and review the community based programs the community would benefit from an intervention that would increase the identification of pre-diabetes in primary care practice. Provide education to primary care providers regarding diagnostic criteria for pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes should trigger a referral to a community-based program. Evidence to support treatment of prediabetes which prevents the development of diabetes(discussed more in attached document)
c. Evaluate applicable evidence based interventions
-what have other communities done? How have they educated primary care providers? Was a system implemented, such as an electronic medical record alert, when pre-diabetes was identified in a laboratory finding and subsequent referral triggered? Look for scholarly studies that speak to the interventions. Evidenced-based interventions.
d. Develop coordinated intervention(s) that improve health outcomes in the target population
-As discussed above.
e. Analyze feasibility of successful implementation of selected intervention(s) in your community and with the target population
-What is the likelihood of the above-discussed interventions could be adopted in Buncombe county. How would the intervention(s) be implemented?
f. Conclusion
2. Format:
a. Paper length 8-10 pages, not including title and reference pages
b. Minimum 10 references, current within 5 years
c. APA format and style. Times New Roman, 12 Font