NSG486CA-PublicHealth-HealthPromotionAndDiseasePrevention.docx
Wk 1 – Collaborative Practice in Public Health Nursing: Developing a Community Resource List [due Mon]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO): “Collaborative practice happens when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, [caregivers] and communities to deliver the highest quality of care” (WHO, 2010, p. 7).
The professional nurse may encounter many health care professionals while engaged in community and public health-related activities. These health care professions can include community health workers, emergency services managers, environmental scientists, epidemiologists, health coaches, health educators, mental health care professionals, nutritionists, occupational health physicians, outreach specialists, public health nurses, protective service workers for adults and children, safety managers, and social workers.
It is useful to know who you can reach out to for Helpance when planning the care for individuals, families, and groups in the community.
Review the Public Health 101 Series: Introduction to Public Health page on the CDC’s website and the Leading Health Indicators page on the Healthy People 2030 website.
Complete the Potential Community Resources List template using the prompts provided in it.
Framework for action on interprofessional education & collaborative practice
1 September 2010
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Framework for action on interprofessional education & collaborative practice
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Overview
The need to strengthen health systems based on the principles of primary health-care has become one of the most urgent challenges for policymakers, health workers, managers and community members around the world. Human resources for health are in crisis. The worldwide shortage of 4.3 million health workers has unanimously been recognized as a critical barrier to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
In 2006, the 59th World Health Assembly responded to the human resources for health crisis by adopting resolution WHA59.23 which called for a rapid scaling-up of health workforce production through various strategies including the use of “innovative approaches to teaching in industrialized and developing countries”. Governments around the world are looking for innovative, systemtransforming solutions that will ensure the appropriate supply, mix and distribution of the health workforce. One of the most promising solutions can be found in interprofessional collaboration.
Submit the Potential Community Resources List.
Save this Potential Community Resources List as a resource for your work with your community.
Reference
World Health Organization. (2010, September 1). Framework for action on interprofessional education & collaborative practice. Health Professions Network Nursing and Midwifery Office. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/framework-for-action-on-interprofessional-education-collaborative-practice
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To complete this assignment, you need to:
Review the definition of collaborative practice provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the assignment prompt.
Review the Public Health 101 Series: Introduction to Public Health page on the CDC’s website and the Leading Health Indicators page on the Healthy People 2030 website.
Use the prompts provided in the Potential Community Resources List template to create a list of potential community resources that could be used to provide care for individuals, families, and groups in the community. The resources could include community health workers, emergency services managers, environmental scientists, epidemiologists, health coaches, health educators, mental health care professionals, nutritionists, occupational health physicians, outreach specialists, public health nurses, protective service workers for adults and children, safety managers, and social workers.
Submit the Potential Community Resources List.
Save the Potential Community Resources List as a resource for your work with your community.
