Complete the Community Risk Assessment which is the first step in development of a Population Health Care Delivery Project.

The four components of this Population Health Care Delivery Project include:

community risk assessment

intervention development

implementation plan

evaluation plan

In this unit you will complete the Community Risk Assessment which is the first step in development of a Population Health Care Delivery Project.

This Assignment is used as the evaluation tool for Course Outcome 2: Summarize, based on the evidence, specific population health risks.

Directions:

You will write a 4 page MS Word document (excluding the title and reference pages) which contains:

demographic and social determinants, including multicultural and diverse communities for your population health;

community infrastructure variables;

analysis of surveillance data collected for the risk assessment including

sources of data (bibliographic databases, U.S. government sources of data and peer-reviewed evidence-based findings);

data calculations; and

criteria for assessing the quality and utility of the epidemiologic data.

outcomes from the risk assessment related to the health of your target population;

you must select one screening tool from one peer reviewed journal article and discuss the reliability and validity of the tool; and

a minimum of five peer reviewed evidence-based journal articles with findings relevant to your target population and selected epidemiological problem.