NUR-443: PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
Course Project #2: Community Health Education Project
Due on Sunday of Week 6
PURPOSE
● The objective of this assignment is to C
STUDY MATERIALS
The following are study materials for this project.
Readings
● Rector textbook chapters 4 (pp.112-120), 11, 12 and 15 (pp. 521-537)
● Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2015, February). Health literacy universal precautions toolkit (2n d ed). Retrieved from:
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/health
littoolkit2-tool11.html
Other resources:
● Bloom’s Taxonomy
● Video: Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion – Patients
● Video: Creating Successful Learning Objectives
● Guide to Community Preventative Services
OVERVIEW
This assignment pertains to and will be implemented with the population/community you have chosen for your practice learning experience.
● Complete an educational needs assessment in your chosen community setting utilizing available
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health statistics and community-identified health education needs.
● Review development considerations (e.g, age, health literacy levels) of the target community.
● Develop an education plan template and health education material for this population.
○ An education plan template is usually brief and consists of bullet points with limited narrative.
○ The template for your education plan and the teaching material(s) must be submitted during week 6.
○ The teaching materials cannot be used until reviewed and graded. See Course Calendar for due dates.
● Implement the education plan
INSTRUCTIONS
● Review current literature on the topic (evidence-based practice) using scholarly nursing journals (e.g., through CINAHL, Medline) or clinical practice guidelines from: Joanna Brigs Institute, Cochrane database or AHRQ (guideline.gov).
● Review A Guide to Community Preventative Service ( https://www.thecommunityguide.org/ ).
● Develop a program goal and one or two objectives – this is based on your assessment of learning needs (not what you want to teach – see Rector Chapter 11) and uses educational objectives from the Bloom’s taxonomy (see also Rector, page 421).
● Summarize content of activity- content follows logically from your needs assessment and objective(s). If plan includes an activity (e.g., presentation), consider time limits.
● Summarize or list teaching strategy (based on above).
● Summarize content of written material (based on goal and objective)
● List one or two strategies for evaluating the effectiveness of the teaching activity.
HELPFUL HINTS ON DEVELOPING PRINTED MATERIALS
● Use your word processing program to identify grade level of the text you have written (see: Flesch-Kincaid Readability Statistics in MS Word.mpg ). Preferred reading level for all health education material: 3rd or 4th grade. Use the resources developed by, among others: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services .
● Less is more and whitespace is important.
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● Do not mix messages, e.g. “to do” and “not to do/avoid” suggestions in the same list.
Teaching Plan Template
Community Health
Your Name
Agency / Target Population
Overall Educational Goal
Needs
Assessment
Special
Considerations
Objectives Content Teaching
Strategies
(estimated
time if
applicable )
Written
material
Evaluation
Table Notes & Tips
Needs Assessment: List methods used.
Special Considerations: Describe learning considerations (e.g. development, literacy levels) Objectives (from Bloom’s taxonomy): If more than one objective is listed, include one cognitive and one affective objective, or one cognitive and one psychomotor objective.
Content: Summarize content of teaching activity
Teaching Strategies: For example: lecture, questions and answers, interview/discussion, exercise, video. If your education project consists of distributing written materials only, for example during a health fair, do not
include estimated education time.
Written material: Type of written material to be used? Include with your template submission.
Final evaluation: List at least one method to evaluate outcome of education plan (e.g. return demonstration, questions and answers, post-test, quiz). Is evaluation method formative or summative?
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