Part 2b: Community Health Assessment – Prevention of Communicable Disease (2 Indirect-Care Hours)Complete the following as part of a conversation with an agency representative (ideally, the same agency you’ve been working with):Examine an agency’s policy that addresses the prevention of 1 communicable disease in their facility. Ideally, communicable diseases should also be a priority for the patient population (e.g., pneumonia in older adults or gastrointestinal illness in children).Conduct an organizational assessment that includes a SWOT analysis of the effectiveness of the agency in enforcing and/or implementing this policy and any related procedures.
Include in your SWOT analysis any difficulties the agency has identified in enforcing their policy with their clients.Identify an appropriate primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention intervention that your chosen agency might use to strengthen the policy and related procedures to prevent the spread of communicable disease (e.g., handwashing and other health information signs, availability of hand sanitizer, and educational pamphlets).
Based upon your findings, including the patient population’s identified health needs, communicate the proposed modifications to or the development of new policy to the agency.
Use national patient safety resources, initiatives, and regulations to inform your recommendations to the agency.
Prepare a 350- to 525-word summary that includes:Appropriate primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention intervention that your chosen agency might use to strengthen the existing policyProposed modifications to the agency policy or addition of a new policyFormat your summary and any citations and references for any sources according to APA guidelines
.Compile the following deliverables:Part 1b: Advocacy letterPart 2a: Patient population interaction summaryPart 2b: Policy intervention and modifications summarySubmit all 3 assessment components
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