Discussion: International health community

Select a global health issue affecting the international health community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems (i.e., continents, regions, countries, states, and health departments). Discuss how health care delivery systems work collaboratively to address global health concerns and some of the stakeholders that work on these issues.

Resources within your text covering international/global health, and the websites in the topic materials, will assist you in answering this discussion question.

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http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=39

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/notifiable/2017/

https://www.cdc.gov/

https://www.hhs.gov/

http://www.who.int/en/

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“We often think of nursing as giving meds on time, checking an X-ray to see if the doctor needs to be called, or taking an admission at 2:00 a.m. with a smile on our faces. Too often, we forget all the other things that make our job what it truly is: caring and having a desire to make a difference.”—Erin Pettengill (National CPR Association, n.d.)

Essential Questions ● How does expanding knowledge of population, community, and public health nursing

improve the nurse’s practice? ● What are expected competencies for the nurse practicing within population groups? ● How does the nurse apply the nursing process and collaborate with others to conduct a

population’s health assessment? ● Which community resources are useful during planning and interventions for a

population’s health?

Introduction Nursing care of populations involves working with larger groups of people and their corresponding multiple health care needs. Community and public health nurses consider the effect of ethnicity, culture, spiritual values, and geographic and socioeconomic conditions on the wellness of the population. Diverse populations have various health disparities and health inequities that affect their ability to maintain health and meet health care needs. A greater understanding of historical and theoretical concepts provides a foundation for the nurse’s approach to care of populations. The role of the public health nurse and the essential function of public health services are explored in this chapter. The nursing process is applied as an Discussion: International health community

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approach to assess a community or specific population. Impediments to effective practice are discussed to aid the nurse’s awareness of barriers to overcome.

Population Health

● Population health is defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group” (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003, p. 381). Population health has a goal of measuring, intervening, and improving health disparities among groups, as well as the distribution of health, all of which is driven by assessment and statistical data. Public health, a subcomponent of population health, is the practice of protecting and promoting quality of life and holistic health of persons and communities through the use of science, research, and direct care. The American Public Health Association (APHA) defines public health nursing as “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences” (American Public Health Association [APHA], 2013, p. 2). Interdisciplinary public health practices aim to prevent disease outbreaks, injuries, and poor health while promoting cost-effective measures that improve quality of life and health as well as reduce environmental hazards (APHA, n.d.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation, 2017).

Development of the Public Health Nursing Role