Assessment on Reflective Essay | 1

Running head: REFLECTIVE ESSAY 1
Personal Reflection
Name
Institution

REFLECTIVE ESSAY 2
Personal Reflection
Module 1
A few months ago while working in South Virginia within a particular community, I met several
patients who were seeking public health services and I tried to understand their experience and
help them realize quality health outcomes. I met with members of the community, minority
groups such as Black Americans, and the general public. Over time as a provided care, it became
clear to me that there was a difference between community health, public health, and population
health. According to studies, community health is primarily organized to ensure the provision of
care around a specified geographic area. Public health is believed to deal with tracking diseases
and preventing injuries ("How Do Population Health, Public Health, Community Health
Differ?", 2019). Population health on the other hand deals with improving the health outcome of
a group sharing a clinical criteria or socioeconomic status.
I however struggled a bit to implement the policies of public health nursing in my practice within
the community. Public health nursing deals with the incorporation of populations and the
community as equal partners in the provision of care to prevent infections and promote health
(Stanhope & Lancaster, 2015). This is an area of nursing that requires unique sills, knowledge,
and competencies. It is a person-centred approach to nursing that extends beyond care for the
sick to health education and social reform. In future, I may look into the government policies
surrounding the government agenda of healthy people 2020 to help in identifying some of the
most preventable threats in the community. I was however successful in trying to promote health
equity and eliminate health disparities within the community which were a direct link to the
objectives of healthy people 2020.