ASSIGNMENT | Analyze the collected data using concepts of epidemiology and health determinants.

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. Use the Turnitin Originality Report available in Taskstream as a guide for this measure of originality.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A.  Within Sentinel City™ you will notice a camera icon. Use the camera to take pictures within the simulaton. Use the “enter text” feature to add your ovservations to the pictures. Submit a PDF of your action report from Sentinel City™ that includes the following completed activities from Industrial Heights, Casper Park District, Acer Tech Center, and Nightingale Square:  

•   Interfaith Church

•   Sentinel City School District

•   Sentinel City Department of Transportation

•   Better Health Clinic

•   ABC Daycare

•   Sentinel City Affordable Housing Project

•   City Hall

•   Radio Buzz 96.5FM

•   Sentinel City Healthcare System

•   Lilly’s

•   Joe’s Grocery

•   Sentinel City Department of Parks and Recreation

B.  Complete a needs-assessment summary to determine the health needs and risks of the virtual community in Sentinel City™ by using each of the following tools:
 

Note: These tools can be found either in the web links section or as an attachment to this task.
 

•   Demographics Assessment

•   Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory

•   Windshield Survey

•   Population Health Scavenger Hunt
 

Note: The name of each of the four tools should be identified in the needs-assessment summary, along with a brief summary of how each of the four tools were used in the needs assessment.
 

1.  Analyze the collected data using concepts of epidemiology and health determinants.

Note: Refer to these three sections of your COS for additional information: Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Epidemiological Data, and Application of Epidemiology.
 

C.  Formulate a community diagnosis for Sentinel City™ by doing the following:

1.  Discuss the three problems for Sentinel City™ based on the Healthy People 2020 goals.

2.  Discuss community resources (e.g., Sentinel City™ Affordable Housing Project, Better Health Clinic) that are available to address one of the problems identified in part C1.

3.  Identify a primary prevention topic based on the problem you selected in part C2.
 

Note: See the attached “Approved Topic List” for guidance in formulating your topic.
 

D. Discuss how you will apply the assessment strategies you have learned from the simulation environment to your community assessment strategies in your community.
 

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

F. Demonstrate Professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

C. Community diagnosis After careful evaluation of Sentinel City, I identified three major health challenges that are affecting the residents of this area, and these problems include but not limited to increased incidence and prevalence rates for sexually transmitted diseases, use of illicit drugs, and failure to embrace healthy behaviors such as disease vaccination. According to the healthy people 2020, diseases result from infectious viruses that are primarily transmitted through sexual intercourse. These viruses contribute to sexual infections such as human immunodeficiency syndrome, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HPV, syphilis, hepatitis B, among others (ODPHP, 2016). In Sentinel City, the prevalence of Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and HIV have been high among adults (Individuals who are 25 years of age and above). The high incidence and prevalence rates of the sexually transmitted diseases is a risky phenomenon among the Sentinel City residents because the infection can result in acute and chronic problems that can lead to death…