Eligibility Relief for College Athletes Report 2022

Running head: ELIGIBILITY RELIEF FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES
Obesity Assessment in Ontario
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Introduction
The issue of community assessment is very crucial for the health condition improvements of
a particular community of a specific area. Moreover, assessment of the community health can
help to identify the needs related to the health and along with this also helps to detect the
social determinants of the health condition of the community people. As a community health
nurse, it is the duty of the individual to complete the assessment and to provide interventions
after identifying the problems of the community in order to improve the overall health
condition (Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, 2013). From a recent report,
it was reported that in Canada, the issue of obesity has become a serious health related
threats. Specifically in Ontario, it is stated that the almost 70 per cent of the population will
be obese or overweight by the end of 2040. According to the report of Rodd and Sharma
(2017), it was reported that in Canada, the rate of childhood obesity was a serious threats to
the health system of the country as one-third of the Canadian Children and youths are
overweight and obese in present time.
In this essay, a community assessment is discussed for the children of Ontario under
the age group of 5 years and along with this social determinants of health and a few
community diagnosis methods are also discussed.
Identifying the population
In order to conduct the health assessment, firstly it is very important to identify the
target population for this particular community health assessment program (Perry, Zulliger,
& Rogers, 2014). According to the study of Davison et al. (2013), it is stated that the proper
identification of the target population prior to the onset of assessment program is associated
with the success of the community health assessment program. Therefore, from various
reports, it was reported that the rate of obesity among the children in Canada, specifically in

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Ontario is enhancing day by day. Even if in recent time the issue of obesity and overweight is
being observed among the children under 5 years old age group. According to the study of
Bancej et al. (2015), it was reported that in Ontario, Canada, the rate of obesity prevalence is
not changed although since 2007 in a significant manner, still the rate of growth in a last few
years has changed dramatically. Along with the enhancement of the childhood obesity rate,
eventually the obesity rate of the adults is enhancing. In his context, it is very important to
mention the fact that, a high rate of childhood obesity is associated with various chronic
illnesses such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia among those children
in future. According to the study of Sahoo et al. (2015), it is stated that the cases of childhood
obesity enhanced the chances of developing cardiovascular disease in future than that of the
healthy children. From the study of Bancej et al. (2015), it was reported, that in between the
1978/79 and 2004 the rate of childhood obesity under the age group of under 5 years old was
almost 6.3 per cent of overall population and over the time this rate has enhanced and become
a serious threat for the Ontario people. Therefore, it can be stated that this population group
will be highly benefitted by the health assessment and it will help them to take proper
initiatives for improvement of the condition.
Rationale for selecting the assessment method
In this community health assessment process, the Health Promotion model is used as
this model considers a comprehensive approach and along with this it also allows the health
care professionals to utilize the tool at various entry points. According to the study of
Hennessy et al. (2015), it is reported that the one of the primary areas of focus of this
Population Health model is associated with the issues of social determinants of health.
Moreover, this health assessment will help to identify the social factors associated with the
onset of obesity among the children and thus it can be stated that the Population Health model
would be the best model for assessment of the childhood obesity.