Nursing - Assignment Sample

Running head: NURSING
Nursing
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Target population.................................................................................................................2
Elements of health assessment.............................................................................................3
Process for completing a comprehensive health assessment...............................................4
Summary of findings...........................................................................................................7
Appendix..............................................................................................................................9
References..........................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
The assignment deals with the health assessment of the African-American population in
US. The rationale for the health assessment is the vulnerability of the population to the
cardiovascular disease. The assignment describes the key elements of the health assessment at
three different levels of the population (community, group and individual). The report then
highlights the process for completing a comprehensive health assessment. Lastly, the findings of
the health assessment conducted are summarised.
Target population
The target population for the health study are the African-Americans in US and the
population is considered to be vulnerable based on various sociological and historical narratives
(Yanek et al., 2016). African-Americans are also known as Black Americans are known to be
originated from any of the black racial groups of Africa. Based on the literature review and
recent news articles a greater risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases was noted
among this group (DeSantis et al., 2016). When compared to the US average, the black
Americans have higher rate of mortality than does any other ethnic group. This group of people
have poor access to health care and there is high prevalence of racism/ethnicity. There is high
prevalence of health disparities among this population. They are less likely to be referred to the
specialists (Manrai et al. 2016). Therefore, it is assumed that this specific population would be
highly vulnerable to cardiovascular disease. Based on this assumption the health assessment was
conducted in the community of African-American people in US.

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Elements of health assessment
At the community level the elements of the health assessment are the steps that reflect
the following actions-
 Establish the assessment team- based on the community need which in this case
is identified as addressing cardiovascular disease
 Identify and engage community members- it includes engaging people from
African-American community
 Defining the scope- it includes determining the specific need to be addressed
with people vulnerable to cardiovascular disease. It may include access to care
services, health education of people and if the community organisations are
focusing on the issue.
 Conduct the health assessment- it includes elements of collecting, analysing and
presenting data. Since community setting contains bulk of population secondary
data will be collected from existing literature and analysed (Gaziano et al., 2015)
 Prioritise the health issues- in this case it would be issues related to
cardiovascular disease (illness status)
 Develop the action plan- to mitigate the health issue identified- interventions and
strategies
 Sharing of findings (Sampson, Gearin & Boe, 2015)
At the group level of the health assessment the key elements are-
 Establishing group- it can be done by sending invitations through email to form a
group committee vulnerable to cardiovascular health disease